Rushambwa

Shoko rokuti rushambwa kana kuti jambwa (1. calamity, 2. misfortune, ill-luck, 3. disaster, accident) rinoreva nhamo huru kana kuti dambudziko guru yakadai serushigido rwavaJudah. 

Dzambwa kana madzambwa (Calamity, misfortune). Chidzambwa izita remhuri.

Kukwangwaya (Desire vehemently; 2. Suffer intensely from lack of necessaries of life.) kureva kubatwa neshungu. Munhu ari kukwangwaya nenzara anochera midzi nokutsenga rwodzi: a person tormented by hunger digs up roots and chews bark. 
Kubomerwa kana kuchona (be destitute).
Chivi (Calamity; tragic happening) zvichireva ndondo.
Baya kana mabaya (Misfortune e.g continual ill-health).

Mamwe Mazwi

Rukono, nhamo, rumhambanda; rupfupfuneko (calamity).
Tsekwende, tahwa kana jambwa (problem).
Kuorora kana kuworora (to punish; to bring disaster).  

Tsumo

Nhamo haizivi pakagara imwe. A misfortune does not avoid another one.
Nhamo haityi imwe. A misfortune is not afraid of another one. 
Nhamo urimbo inonamira. Misery is like bird-lime; it sticks (to men). 
Nhamo ine dzimba dzayo. Misery haunts its (chosen) families. 
Njodzi hadziiti mbiri. Danger never comes in twos.

Mitauro yeBantu

VaChewa vanoti masoka (misfortune) kureva rushambwa.
VaMakhuwa vanoti mashoka (spirits) kureva mweya.

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