Dokoro

Shoko rokuti dokoro (appreciation of taste) rinotaura kuyemurwa kunoita munhu kanzwire kaanoita manakire echikafu. Vamwe vatauri vanoti mango.

Tsika

Pwere hadzina madokoro echikafu sevakuru.

Kujekesa Dokoro

Kuzipa (sweet).
Kuzipisa (to make sweet; sweeten).
Zipo kana nzipo (sweetness, as of honey or sugar).
Kutapira
Hambe (Sour taste e.g. of sour damba) iri shoko rinotaurwa pakuraidza muchero usina kuibva.
Kuvava
Indye kana ndye (1. Bitterness that is unpalatable). Ndanwa mvura ine indye, ndokubva yandirutsisa: I drank bitter water and it caused me to vomit.
Madurungundu (Sour-tasting substance e.g. lemon juice)
Kushata zvinoreva kuti chidyo hachinake pakudya.

Mamwe Mazwi

Dungunu (ideophone of being pleasing to the taste).
Dungunudza (make tasty). Dungunudza mahewu neshuga. Make the mahewu tasty by adding sugar.
-dungunura (please the palate). Hwahwa hausati hwandidungunura. I have not yet formed a taste for beer.

Mazwi eBantu

VaKongo vanoti sata (to be acid, tart, tartness. acidity, an acid) kureva kushata.
VaGungu vanoti kukamba (have a slight taste of bitterness) - zvichida vachireva kuva nehambe?

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