Kupenga

Kupenga (being mad) zvinoreva kutayika pfungwa.

Mamwe Mazwi

Bemvu, bengo kana mupengo (a madman, a lunatic) zvichireva munhu anopenga.
Kupengereka (v. to go about in a mad state).

Tsumo

Unodembwa ndewanyengerwa kamwe, wanyengerwa kaviri ibenzi.
Benzi bvunza rakanaka. An inquiring fool is a good one.

Kuumba Mazwi

Mutendapfungwa kana mudendapfungwa (Psychopath) apa kureva munhu anorwara nepfungwa.
Nhendapfungwa kana Matendapfungwa (Psychopaths).
Nhendanzanga kana Matendanzanga (sociopaths).

Mitauro yeBantu

Lenje inoti penga (be distressed, depressed, suffer pain or sorrow). Zigula inoti uhezi (foolishness; folly; ignorance). 
Herero inoti vera (insane) kureva kupenga. VaHerero inoti oku-vera (insanity, madness, crazy) vachireva kupenga. 
Tonga inoti ciyanga (n. fool) kureva rema. ChiNembe inoti penge (be bent or leaning; oblique; in a sideways direction).
Lunyoro inoti mugwagwa (a foolish half-witted person) vachireva rema. VaNyoro inoti ekipungu (n. idiot) kureva rema.
Lozi inoti -tanya (v.i. to show signs of ill, to be completely insane) - zvichida rinotodzana nokuti kutwanya? Bobangi inoti lingai (frenzy, insanity, lunacy). 
IsiZulu inoti umalukobo (n. madness) vachireva kupenga. Bavili inoti bulawu (n. craziness). Lomwe inoti misala (n. madness). 

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