Shoko rokuti kukuva rinotaura chinhu chasvika pakupera kwemwaka wacho, kana chabva padanho rachanga chiri. Kukuva Kwechinhu (be used up, exhausted). Muhacha wakuva: the muhacha tree has come to the end of its fruit bearing for this season. Umhandara hwake hwakakuva: she is no longer a virgin. Chadyiwa chakuva, naizvozvo usanyime mumwe anosvika uchidya: what is eaten is gone anyway, so you gain nothing by refusing to share your food with someone who arrives while you are eating. Wanditengesera mushonga wakakuva December wegore rapera: you sold me medicine that expired December last year. Muchero wakurumbira wakuva. A fruit that is plentiful is already out of season. VaLozi vanoti -kuwa (v.i. to come to an end, to be finished - with reference to fruit when the season is over) vachireva kukuwa. VaLozi vanoti Miselo i se i kuwile mwa mushitu vachireva - michero yemusango yakuwa. VaTiriki vanoti khuwa (to come to an end, to be over, to be finished, to decrease and finally disappear ) vachireva kukuwa. VaGwere vanoti kuwa (be used up, exhausted) vachireva kukuwa.