Mugwaku mudziyo unoshandiswa kupakura sadza. Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano. MaZulu vanoti isiphako (Ladle, instrument for serving up food) vachireva mugwaku kana chipakuriso. Kimbundu vanoti lukuaku (n. hand) vachireva ruwoko