Ruvara zvinoreva nzvimbo iri kutemwa miti kuti pavakwe musha - new ground for building house. Izwi rokuti libala (clearing; an open space) rinotaurwa kuKalanga kureva nzvimbo yakatemwa miti kana isina miti. Paruvara varume vanotema nzvimbo yedare. MaZulu vanoti ilibala kana amabala (Open space, cleared space in field or courtyard, threshing-floor) kureva ruvara. Mamwe mazwi: ukusina ebaleni (to dance in the courtyard) kudzana muchivanze. Herero vanoti ou-vara (n. dominion, chiefdom, power). Mamwe mazwi: oru-vara (exercising power or authority; captainship; ascendancy). VaDigo neVaGiryama vanoti chandza (building site, plot of land already prepared to erect a house on). VaLozi vanoti sisa kana lisa (n. site, premises, reserved plot in the capital) kureva ruvara rwakabatirwa nemumwe.