Mashoko kana shoko (Words, utterances, information). Chinovhikwa ihwanja shoko harivhikwi. What can be fended off is a knobkerrie and not a word. Izwi rabuda mumuromo haridzivirirwi. A word from the mouth cannot be avoided. Izwi rabuda mumuromo ipfumo rinobaya. A word from the mouth is (like) a spear piercing. Iro idama rakanaka sahwira; ndichaita sezvawareva. VaWanga vanoti lisungo (word, saying) kureva shoko. VaBukusu vanoti élomo (n. word, cause, purpose, incident, reason, Holy Word, gospel). Sangho vanoti dame (n. saying, proverb) kureva chirevo.