Nyama (meat in English) zvinoreva nhengo dzemhuka dzinkwanisa kudyiwa. Pakutaura kwamazuva ose nyama inosanganisira mapfupa mapfupa acho akabatira panyama. Kune nyama dzkasiyanasiyana dzemhuka dzinopfuyiwa uye dzemhuka dzemusango. MuZimbabwe nyama dzinonyanya kudyiwa ndedzinoti: mombe; huku; mbudzi nenguruve. nyama dzemusango dzinodyiwawo asi kazhinji hadziwanikwe kumaBhucha. Kudzinduka (Be resistant to cutting) kana kudzunduka zvinotaurwa panyama inonetsa kucheka nenhau yekuwomarara. Nhindi (a portion of flesh; a joint of meat; thick steak without bones). Nhetepo (leaness). Munyepfu (Lean part of meat, not fat). Murandu (share of meat). Gwazvo kana makwazvo (Tough meat in its raw state; e.g. parts of trek ox). Chiunwa Toughness (quality of things that require long cooking). Kusasika (place by the side of the fire or well above the fire) apa kureva kuisa ingava nyama pedyo nemoto kana pamutariro uri pamusoro pemoto. Kuchachura (dish some food or eat from a pot while cooking). Tsumo - "Kuramba nyama yechidembo hunge uine yetsuro". Nyama yerunda inodzinduka chete: cooked sinew will not allow the teeth to sink into it.