Kuputa fodya zvinoreva kufemba fodya inenge yakaputirwa mupepa yobatidzwa moto kana kufemba fodya yakatsokerwa muchikwepa. Mazuvano vanotengesa fodya vanopa yambiro inoti, kuputa fodya kungango kanganisa hutano. Akuruma nzeve ndewako. Vanotengesa doro vanopawo yambiro yokuti: "Musatyaire muchovha kana kushanda pamichina panguva yokunge mambonwa doro VaZigula vanoti kuputa (to smoke) kureva kuputa fodya. VaZigula vanoti kuputwa (be smoked) kureva kuputwa. VaZigula vanoti kuputika (be smokable) kureva kuputika. VaKagulu -puta (v. blow). MaZulu vanoti ukubhema (to smoke) kureva kuputa fodya. Xilenge vanoti kuphuta (to roll up papers). VaTonga vanoti syuta (n. to bite) kureva kuruma. Fananidzai nokuti kusvuta fodya.