Nhenga (ku Chingezi: feather) kana Manhenga uye madengera pakuwanda. Manhenga ndizvo zvinhu zvinofukidza shiri pamusoro pezvo dzinobatsira kuchengetedza shiri. Nhenga inodzivirirawo shiri kuti dzisakuvare, uye mumarudzi mazhinji eshiri, manhenga yemapapiro inovabatsira kubhururuka . Huku dzangu dzava kukunduka manhenga: my fowls are losing some feathers. Mambava (soft feathers, down). VaYao vanoti ndenga (the long feathers of a fowl) vachireva manhenga. Herero vanoti orutenga (beginning; first time, origin) kureva mavambo. VaLozi vanoti mutenga (n. feather) kureva munhenga. VaWabo vanoti muttenga kana mittenga (feathers of a fowl) kureva manhenga. VaZigula vanoti zoya; luzoya kana mazoya (n. feather) kureva munhenga. VaKikuyu vanoti uruoya kana njoya pakuwanda (feather, feathers) kureva munhenga.