Pfuti

Pfuti imhando yechombo insoshandiswa kukanda mabara akagadzirwa nesimbi. Mabara aya anopfurwa nepfuti achibuda aine spidhi yokuti akarova munhu anokwanisa kufa zvichienderana nokuti arohwa panhengo ipi yomuviri.

Shoko rokuti nyere (bullet cartridge in English) rinoreva chikasha chinodonha kubva pabara kana richinge rapfurwa kubva papfuti.

Chikohono, rusembwe kana rukungiso (hammer of a gun) ndicho chinokava bara richibuda semuseve kubva papfuti.
Mupembe (barrel of gun).
Hunga (gun-powder).
Kupakatidza (cause to carry with both arms). 
Kupakatira (carry with both hands).
Chigwagwagwa (machine gun).


Kurerutsa Mutauro

Pfuti iyi inodauka nyere - this rifle ejects cartridge cases. 

Kutinhura, kana kudinhura pfuti - discharge a gun.
Kuyereka, kutsitsika, kushumba (to aim) zvinoreva kunangidzira ingava pfuti, pfumo, museve kana rhekeni kuti urove chinhu chunoda kurova nayo.
Bosho (bad marksmanship) zvichireva kupotsa.

Mitauro yeAfrika

Zigula inoti futi (n. gun) vachireva pfuti. Umbundu inoti uta (n. gun; shotgun) kureva pfuti. Taabwa vanoti mfuti (n. musket).
MaZulu vanoti imbumbulu (Any hard thing, round, and smooth (e.g. billiard ball, knob of carved kerrie, cannon-ball).) kureva mbumburu.
Lenje vanoti eleka (level a gun, aim) vachireva kuyereka. Luganda inoti kuerekeza (take aim, aim at) vachireva kuyereka.
Nyanja inoti kuomba mfuti (to fire a gun) kuridza pfuti. Chuabo inoti futti (n. a gun) pfuti.
VaLozi vanoti sifefe (a short gun) vachireva chifefe. VaLozi vanoti sikwakwakwa (machine gun) kureva chigwagwagwa.
Tuwuli vanoti o-to-wa (n. gun. From: ta - shoot) kureva pfuti. Portuguese inoti bala (n. bullet; projectile; missile). 
Teke-Kukuya vanoti bu-ta (n. gun) kureva pfuti. 

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