Gukurahundi zvinoreva chirongwa chakashata chehurumemnde yeZimbabwe chakauraya vanhu mumatunhu eMatebeleland neMidlands mumakore 1982 kusvika 1987. Vakaita tsvakurudzo pamusoro penhau iyi vanoti kwakaurayiwa vanhu vanosvika zviuru makumi maviri, 20,0000 kana kudarika. VaLenje vanoti mukuku (Current, flow of a stream or river) kureva gukurudzi rerwizi. Pane izwi rinonzi makukurudzi kuShona. Vanotaura Kikongo vanoti kukula (to flow along, to flow down, run down as water, trickle, pour down, drift, roll down).