Nherera (orphan) zvinoreva mwana akafirwa naAmai nababa kana mumwe wevabereki. KuKalanga vanoti sianwa Tsuro (orphan) izwi rinoreva nherera zvichitaurwa kuChiManyika. Nherera inoguta musi wafa mai. An orphan gets plenty on the day his mother dies. Apa zvinorevawo kuti nherera iyi inoguta nemashoko ekuraiwa musi wafa mai vayo. Kusesedza mwana wenherera kumubereka kumusana. In order to guide an orphan one has to carry him on the back. Nherera ngeisina muredzi ine muredzi inodya ichisiya. An orphan is somebody without a guardian, but if he has a guardian he has enough to eat. Panotamba machinda nherera sinyungwe. Where the sons (of a chief) are dancing, an orphan should keep in the background. VaDigo vanoti mwanachiya (n. orphan, motherless fatherless) kureva nherera. VaWabo vanoti mpawi kureva nherera. VaLozi vanoti masiye (n. orphan, motherless fatherless) kureva nherera. VaLozi vanoti likuzana kana kuzana (n. orphan) kureva nherera? MaZulu vanoti umthelela (n. 1. Anything additional; reinforcement, auxiliary. 2. Subdivision, portion; offspring).