Kutuma (to send, commission) zvinoreva kurayira munhu kuti aite basa rinenge rataurwa kana kunda kwarehwa. Kazhinji munhu mukuru ndiye anotuma mudiki. VaHaya vanoti okutuma (to send someone) kureva kutuma. VaHerero vanoti tuma (to send someone) kureva kutuma. VaRwanda vanoti gutuma (cause to do). VaKikuyu vanoti kotuma (v. to depute; to dispatch) vachireva kutuma. VaKongo vanoti tuma (to send, comission, dispatch, depute, order, bid, command, direct or instruct a person) vachireva kutuma. VaMambwe vanoti -koma (to withstand, endure, to be stubborn, obstinate, indocile) - zvichida vanureva kukoma pakutumwa. BaRonga vanoti kuzruma (v. send) vachireva kutuma. Mamwe mazwi: muzrumi (n. one who sends) kureva mutumi.