Matongo

Matongo (abandoned houses or homesteads) kutaura misha isisina anogaramo, vanhu vakatama kana vakapera kufa. Kana uri musha mumwe wakasiyiwa saizvozvi unonzi dongo. 

Dongo (Clay pit for pottery) kutaura gomba rinocherwa dhaga rokuumba hari.
Dongo (Clay soil) apa kureva dhaga remunyakwe.
Mazita ari pedyo: Chitongo, Tonga, Madongo, Katonga.

Zvirevo

Vakare vaitura chirevo chinoti - Rooranai vematongo, apa kureva kuti rooranai vanhu vakakurira mumisha yakafanana tsika nemagariro avo, iyi musha iri pedyo.
Kunozopinda kwekaitawani kwevari avo vanogara mumhatso dzedongo: How much more those who dwell in houses of clay. (Job 4:19 Bhaibheri reChiNdau).

Mitauro yeBantu

VaIkizu vanoti ritongo (n. deserted place) kureva dongo. VaKabwa vanoti eritongo (n. deserted place) kureva dongo. 
Lenje vanoti matongo (site of abandoned village or camp, garden etc) kureva dongo kana musasa wakare.
Zigula vanoti dongo (n. crowd; multitude). Mamwe mazwi: kudongana (v. to follow one another). 
VaNande vanoti amathongo (abandoned village; ruined dwellings) kureva dongo. 
VaTonga vanoti citongo, itongo, litongo kana matongo (deserted village) kureva dongo. 
Xilenge vanoti marumbi (an old home now abandoned) kureva dongo.
Taabwa vanoti kiborya (n. ruin, wreck, abandoned village). Babungo vanoti tɔŋ (n. country - foreign country). 
Luganda vanoti amatongo (v. Desolate). VaYao vanoti masame (deserted village) kureva dongo.

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