Handa (muChingezi: cub) izwi rinoshandiswa kuturikira mwana wemhuka dze zvikara senge imbwa, gava, shumba ne dzimwe mhuka. Rinoshandiswa zvimwechete ne mwana we imbwa kana mwana we mangoi. VaNyungwe vanoti nkhanda (n. puppy, cub) kureva handa. VaGiryama vanoti muhanda strip of dried meat, taken on a journey) kureva mudzonga wenyama unotakurwa sembuva parwendo. Kinande vanoti ekihanda (n. 1. the root, the strain; 2. the clan , the line). Mbwanana Imbwa Handa (dhisambugyuwasi) Vashona,1 nyamavhuvhu 2019, Handa, yakatariswa: 24 Zvita 2021