Kudumbirwa

Kudumbirwa (Chasten, subdue, sober) rinotaura apo munhu anenge apererwa nokuda kwenhamo kana madzudzo epanyika ochitanga kufunga nokufunganya.

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Kurerutsa Mutauro

Dumbidza - Rufu runodumbidza vanhu. 
dumbi (ideophone of Chastening, subduing saddening). Ukatamba namaisva uchaswera wati dumbi: if you play with fire (lit: bad things) you will spend the day in a very subdued frame of mind.
Chidhakwa chakafarikana nezuro, asi nhasi a dumbirwa.

Mitauro yeChiBantu

Herero vanoti tumba (bring down, subdue, reduce - as swelling by fomenting, manage people, train). Mamwe mazwi: tumbisa, tumba (subdue e.g. fire, so it smoulders not flame) kureva kudumbidza.
Herero vanoti tumbuka (v. approach) kureva kuswedera. Mamwe mazwi: tumbura (v. cause to draw near; cause to obey; subdue; tame).
Zulu vanoti tumba (bring into submission, capture, take captive, conquer). 

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