Kuba

Kuba zvinoreva kutora chinhu chisiri chako nechinangwa chokushandisa kunge chako uye pasina chinangwa chozodzosera mwene wacho.

Tsotsi kana kuti mbavha zvinoreva munhu anoita mabasa ekuba. Vamwe vatauri vechimanje-maje vanongoti vakomana kureva iwo matsotsi. Kuba zvinoreva kutora chinhu chisiri chako usina urongwa hwekuzivisa muridzi wacho kuti watora uye usina urongwa hwekudzosera. 

Matsviture (Sneak thief who steals anything he finds lying about) - apa kureva mbavha inoverera ichiba chero chayawana pamusha. 

Makonya zvinoreva munhu anofurira vamwe kuita tsika kana mabasa akaipa - bad influence.
Kuboya kana kubodza, kuboza, kubozha (find by chance) zvinoreva kuwana kana kunhonga chinhu usiri kuzvitarisira. Kuboya hakuzi kuba. Ipapa panobva mazwi anoti bozho, uye bodzo.
Muronda (Watchman, security guard) zvinoreva munhu ane basa rekuchengeta nzvimbo achidzivirira umbavha. Vatauri veChewa vanoti mulonda.
Kupinga (to trap thives by putting intoxicating substance in food they are likely to steal) apa kureva kuteya mbavha nokuisa mushonga unodhaka kana kukora muchikafu chingangobiwa nembavha.
Kubinya (cheat, defraud). Anoita izvi anonzi mubinyi, chiito chinonzi mubinyo.
Mubinyi (Fraud. Cheat).
Mubinyo (Fraud or cheating - act, or habit of).
Nharirire (sentinel).
Kubvuta (to snatch, to sieze). Kubvutwa kana kubvukwa. 
Kuchakatwa kana kupambwa (to be looted) iri rinotaurwa kuChiNdau. (Isaiah 13:16, Bhaibheri reChiNdau)

Tsika

Mirairo gumi yaMwari ine mumwe unoti Usaba.
Chikwene kana chinanga (Distinguishing mark. 2. Mutilation to mark thief) zvinoreva vanga rainyorwa pambavha kana vamwe vainge vapara mhosva.
Kumberereka  (Wander aimlessly). kana kutimhaira zvinoreva kungofamba uchitenderera panzvimbo zvisina chinangwa. Handidi kuti vana vamberereke kana vaburuka mubhazi: I do not want the children wandering about after getting off the bus. 
Abraham wakagunun'unira Abimelech ngendaa yechinyuka chemvura, icho chaiya chabvukwa ngesimba ngevaranda vaAbhimerekhi. (Genesis 21:25 Bhaibheri reChiNdau).

Tsumo

Kugona mbavha huirongera.
Mbavha ibatwi mbavha rutsoka ishamwari. 

Mitauro yeBantu

MaZulu vanoti eba (Steal, pilfer, thieve) lureva kuba. Sokuti ukweba impahla (to steal goods). 
VaYao vanoti kukwakula (to snatch away) kureva kuhwapura.
VaMakua vanoti wiya (steal) kureva kuba. Kaviya izita remhuri. Nsenga vanoti mbafa (n. thief). 
VaGanda vanoti okubbirira (v. cheat) kureva kubirira. Omubbi (n. Thief).
VaKiikizu vanoti -zwamura (v. steal) kureva kudzvamura.
VaChewa vanoti mbala (a thief; burglar). Kinande vanoti obulahi (n. thief, robber) kureva mbavha.

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