Hwanga kana uroyi (poison) mushonga unoshandiswa kukuvadza kana kuuraya vanhu. Mombe dzakadya chepfu ndokufuma dzakati chinjinji: the cattle ate poison and in the morning they were Iying dead with legs in the air. Mushonga haubati pasina ronda. Medicine does not work where there is no wound. VaTonga vanoti bwanga (n. poison) kureva hwanga.Herero vanoti ouanga (n. poison) kureva hwanga. Kimbundu vanoti uanga (n. poison, spell, witchcraft). VaFwe vanoti jefu (n. poison) kureva chefu. VaUmbundu vanoti owanga (charm, fetish). VaBemba vanoti uhwanga (n. charm, spell) kureva hwanga. Lenje vanoti wuanga kana wanga (drugs, medicines, poison). Swahili vanoti anga kana wanga (bewitch, enchant, cast a spell).