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Chiguvare sezita

Chiguvare izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 

*Chiguvare, chigumbatidzo, chidimba, dimba kana chikumbaridzo (Door-sill, threshold).

## Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano.

*Herero vanoti **otyirongo otyikuvare** (a wide, extended place, a spacious).
*VaHerero vanoti **otyirongo** (place, a prepared habitable place, farm, pasture, a piece of ground). Mamwe mazwi: 
*Herero vanoti **omu-vare** kana **otyi-rambo** (n. lake). Mamwe mazwi: **okuvare** kana **kokuvare** (a large extensive place).
Kunyon'onya

Izwi rokuti kunyon'onya (rubbing the wrong way) rinotsanangura munhu ane katsika kanokubhowa, kanokufinhura, kasingakuitire zvakanaka.

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Chitongo anondinyon'onya nezvaanoita kana adhakwa.

## Mazwi eBantu

*VaSwahili vanoti **kinyong'onyo** (1. fatigue, weariness, weakness 2. weakly, wearily).
*VaSwahili vanoti **mnyonge** (1. weak or sickly person, 2. mean, malicious person).
Madziva, Zimbabwe

Dunhu reMadziva inzvimbo iri kuMashonaland Central pamugwagwa unobva Bindura kuenda kuMount Darwin. Madziva inzvimbo yemaruwa iri chinhambwe maKilometre makumi mana (40) kubva kuBindura. Zvikoro zvinoti Bradely Institute neChindunduma High School zvinowanikwa mudunhu reMadziva. Ishe wedunhu iri anonzi Ishe Mutumba.

## Mazwi eBantu

*VaSwahili vanoti **ziwa** (1. woman's breast, 2.udder) zvichireva mazamu. Mamwe mazwi: **maziwa** (milk) zvichireva mukaka.
*VaMambwe **-kola** (to gather together) kureva kuunganidza.
*VaYao vanoti **kukola** kana **kola** (to have, to get, to possess). Mamwe mazwi: VaYao vanoti **kukolela** (to have for).
*VaYao vanoti **kola umi** (to be healthy; to live).
Maguma

Maguma izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 

***Kuguma** (come to, come upon) izwi reChiNdau rinoreva kusvika panhu.
*Asi zvino zvaguma peuri: But now it comes upon you.(Job 4:5 Bhaibheri reChiNdau).
*Kutya kwakandigumira, nokuhuta kwakaita magodo angu esheu agwedagwede: Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake. (Job 4:14 Bhaibheri reChiNdau).

## Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Pane tarisiro yekuti mitauro yeBantu inotodzana mazwi.

*Luganda vanoti **okuguma** kana **okugumira** (v. persevere; tolerate; faithful) zvichireva kushingirira.
*VaWabo vanoti **niguma** kana **maguma** pakuwanda (n. wound) zvichireva chironda
*Runyambo inoti **kuguma** (v. be hard). Runyambo inoti **kugumisa** (v. to make hard).
Benyure

**Benyure** izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 

## Mitauro ye Chibantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano.

*VaDigo vanoti **benyula mlomo** (to curl up one's lips in annoyance or disgust).
*VaYao vanoti **kubenyula** (to chip off little by little) vachireva kubanzura mbichana-mbichana.
*Barotse vanoti **-benjuka** kana **benjukile** (v.i. to be odd, not according to rule or standard) - sokuti: **Mutu yo u benjukile pile (moya)**, this person is a queer character.
Kutarangana

Kutarangana (to be spread out, spaced, at a distance from each other) kureva zvnhu zviri kure nekure.

*Kutaranganya (cause spread out).
*Kutaranzanya (disperse).

## Mazwi eBantu

Fananidzai mazwi ari pasi ayo nezwi rokuti runhare (telephone).

*VaYao vanoti **kutalikanyana** (to be distant from each other) kureva kutarangana. VaBemba vanoti **butali** (length) kureva hurefu. VaKwere vanoti **lutali** (long) vachireva hurefu.
*VaYao vanoti **kutalika** (to be distant) vachireva kuti kure. VaYao vanoti **chilambo cha kwakutalika** (a distant country) vachireva nyika iri kure.
*Nyakyusa vanoti pa-tali (far) kureva kuti kure. Mamwe mazwi **pabu-tali** (long) kureva kurefu. **Ndali** (long) kureva refu. Bwile vanoti mutali (adj. long).
*VaMambwe neVaShambala vanoti **utali** (n. height. length). VaGulu neBemba vanoti **kutali** (afar) vachireva kure. VaNyungwe vanoti **citali** (long) vachireva hurefu.
Dara reNdiro

Dara reNdiro (1. A shelf high and wide in hut; 2. A shelf for drying out dishes outside).

*Hwarasanza kana **dara** (platform, scaffold, table) kutaura chivakwa chiri pakakwirira chine mapango akatsigira sedara.

## Mazwi eBantu

*Lugungu vanoti **kutara** (v. start building a house or any other structure or building). VaUmbundu vanoti **etala** (a hanging shelf). 
*Mbugwe inoti **tala** (platform) vachireva **dara**. **Ndebele** inoti **ngalani** kureva dara rendiro.
*Kinyarwanda inoti **urutara** (bed made of poles and rope). VaKagulu vanoti **chipala** (n. shelf) vachireva **sherufu**.
*Kinande inoti obutara (n. platform where we lay certain objects; pieces of wood or planks on which animals sleep) kureva dara.
*Subiya inoti **chitala** (n. platform where we lay dishes) kureva dara rendiro. Chewa inoti thandala kureva dara rendiro.
*Tonga inoti **kasanza** kana **kasabakale** kureva dara rendiro. Sekgatla inoti **serala** kureva dara rendiro.
*Runyankore inoti **akatandaro** kureva dara rendiro. Duruma inoti **chijaja** kureva dara rendiro.
Kupfunya chisero

Chisero, bondokoto (sitting cross legged; sit tailorwise) zvichireva kupfunya chisero.

## Mazwi eBantu

*Kinyarwanda vanoti **gupfunya** wrap around oneself).
*Nyanja inoti **funya** (v. to fold, curl up, roll up, close, tuck up) kureva kupfunya. Mamwe mazwi: funya dzanja (shut the hand). Kufunya myendo (fold up one's legs).
*Lunyole inoti **ohufumba ekumbo** (v. sit with the bottom on the ground and the legs drawn up towards you.) kureva kupfunya chisero.
*Lunyole inoti **ohufumbaata** (v. clench in a fist) kureva kupfumbata.
Kuburuka

Kuburuka, kudzira, kudzaka (Go down, to descend, to dismount) zvinoreva kubva panzvimbo yakakwirira uchienda pakaderera. 

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Kupfodzoka (to go down by falling?) kureva kudonha kubva pakakwirira.

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Gudo rakaburuka mugomo richienda kurukova kunonwa mvura. 
*Sekuru Chamapiwa vaburuka ndege masikati ano vachasvika kumba zuva rodoka.

## Mitauro yeAfrika

*Mururimi rweKinyarwanda vanoti **gukomoka** (to descend from).
*VaNyungwe vanoti **-buluka** (descend) kureva kuburuka. VaNyungwe vanoti **-bulusa** (lower) kureva kuburutsa.
*Mafwe vanoti **kusuka** (to descend) kureva kuburuka. Baila vanoti **ku seluka** (to descend) kureva kuburuka.
*VaZigula vanoti **kuseera** kana **kusera** (descend for, descend in, descend with) kureva kuburuka.
*Lubwisi vanoti kuhona (v. Descend) kureva kudzika. Vanoisa h pamwe patinoisa p.
Kuzarura

Kuzarura kana kuzurura (to open) zvinoreva kuvhura.

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Kuzarira (to close).

## Mazwi eBantu

*VaKongo vanoti **jiula** (to open, unclose). Mamwe mazwi: **jiuka** (to be open, open). **Bundula** (n. open, unfold, unwrap).
*VaKongo vanoti **jima** (to shut, extinguish, be extinct) kureva kuvhara, kudzima kana kufarudzi. 
*VaLenje vanoti **kujalula** (to open). Nsenga vanoti **zula** (to open a door). VaShona vanoti kuzarura.
*Sangho vanoti vula (v. open a file). Mamwe mazwi: vula (n. discovery, explanation).
Machingauta

Machingauta izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 

*Vanhu vane zita iri: **Tapiwa Machingauta; Eugene Machingauta; Boniface Machingauta; Fungai Machingauta**.
*Zvichida zita iri rinoreva (one who holds out the bow) kutambanudza mawoko akabata uta..

## Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi ayo.

*VaMambwe vanoti **-cinga** (to screen, protect, shelter, shade, come between) vachireva kuchinga.
*VaTiriki vanoti **khuchinga** (carry, lift) kureva kutakura kana kusimudza. VaTiriki vanoti **okhuchinga** (carry, lift) kureva kutakura kana kusimudza. 
*VaTiriki vanoti **khuchingula** (hold up, lift up on high, walk with head erect, exalt oneself). VaTiriki vanoti **okhuchingula** (hold up, lift up on high) kureva kusimudza. 
*VaZigula vanoti **kuchinga** (hold out/up; to stick out; sticking out) kureva kuchinga. Sokuti: **Chinga mkono wako** (Hold out your hand).
*VaZigula vanoti **kuchingira** (hold out for/to; hold out with, use to hold out; to stick out for/to) kureva kuchingira.
Gotekwa

Gotekwa (hut with round roof; temporary shelter for guardians of a field).

*Vamwe vatauri kune mamwe matunhu vanodana nhungu vachiti gotekwa kana kuti dumba.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*Kikongo inoti **kota** (to enter, to come in, to pass in, penetrate, flow in, sink in, set as the sun). Mamwe mazwi: **kotwa** (to be entered).
*Kikongo inoti **kotesa** (cause to enter, put, take in, insert, admit, fetch in, load a canoe). Mamwe mazwi: **kota kunanxi** (to put or pass under).
*Kikongo inoti **ekotelo** kana **nkotelo** (way in; an entrance). Mamwe mazwi: **kotela** (go in for, go in about, enter with).
*Lugwere inoti kukotika (v. insert, slot in, tuck in, fit snugly into something) kureva kupfekera.
Kubindura

Kubindura (to be in heat- female dog ).

Imbwa dzinoyaruka zvokukwanisa kubereka padzinenge dzave nemwedzi mitanhatu kusvika gumi nemiviri (6-12); izvi zvinoititka kune mikono zvose nehadzi. Nzvari inoti kana yabindura inenge yagadzirira mupfungwa nemuviri wayo kuti inge ichishumirwa nemukono. Kubva painobindura imbwa nzvari, mazai acho anorarama kwesvondo zvichireva kuti panguva iyi nzvari inokwanisa kushumirwa nemikono yakawanda.

Imbwa dzinozvara mushure memazuva 56-72 mushure mekumita. Imbwa inobereka vana vanowanza kusvika vatanhatu (6).  Mwana wembwa anonzi handa, mbwanana, kana kuti mhondana.

## Mazwi eBantu

*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **bindula** (unlock, unfasten, unbolt). 
*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **binduka** (to be unbolted). Mamwe mazwi: **bindika** (to lock).
*Chuwabo vanoti **obindura** (v. to be pregnant) kureva kuva nenhumbu.
Chisunguro sezita

**Chisunguro** izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 

*Vanhu vane zita iri: **Trevor Chisunguro; Wayne Chisunguro; Russell Chisunguro; Moleen Chisunguro**.
*Chisunguro (basket strainer for beer) chinoshandiswa kumimina doro kubvisa masese. Vamwe vanoti tsunguro.

## Mitauro yeAfrika

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeAfrica, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Pane tarisiro yekuti mitauro yeAfrika inotodzana mazwi.

*VaYao vanoti **sungula** (strain beer, a beer-strainer, usually made of basket-work). Mamwe mazwi: **lisungulo** (a beer-strainer).
*VaKongo vanoti **sungula** (v. to talk about, mention, speak about, allude to, name, say, remark) kureva kutaura.
*VaNyole vanoti **ohusungula** (v. 1. separate grain from chaff, 2. remove shells from ground nuts after cracking).
*VaTsonga vanoti **sungula** (v. establish, initiate).
Chigutsa

Chigutsa, chitsa kana chitsika (stump of a tree) zvinoreva chikamu chinosarira muvhu kana muti watemwa pamusoro.

## Mazwi eBantu

*Nyanja inoti **chitsa** (the stump of a tree cut down, or a projecting bit of root or wood, without leaves - it may be long or short) kureva chitsa.
*VaLenje vanoti **chishiki** (standing stump of cut down tree) kureva chitsika. VaLenje vanoti **chishiko** (Stump cut down, log).
*VaChewa vanoti **chisa** (a dry stump of a tree, a snag). VaGanda vanoti **kisike** (n. log of wood) kureva danda.
*Kinande vanoti **ekisiki** (stump) kureva chigutsa. VaSwahili vanoti **kisiki** (n. stump) kureva chitsika.
*Zigula vanoti **siki** (stump) kureva chigutsa. VaDigo vanoti **chisichi** (n. stump) kureva chitsika.
Chivakamberi zeze

Chinyorwa chino chakaunganidza mazwi anopera nechivakamberi chokuti **zeze**.

*Dengezeze kana matengezeze (1. A large area or complex, 2. Spread, compass, expanse).
*Maguruzeze kana guruzeze (act of drooping or wilting). 
*Guruzeze (ideophone of Drooping - through weakness, sickness or depression; 2. of Being tasteless kana tonho). 
*Bunguzeze (Settled swarm of insects) zvichireva bumbu renyuchi.
*Bunguzeze (Hubbub) zvichireva mhopiro kana bungamhere.

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Sikati guru miriwo inoita guruzeze: growing vegetables droop in the midday sun.
*Urimbo hwaita maguruzeze: birdlime has lost its strength.
*Muti uyo wakaita dengezeze: that tree's branches have a wide spread.
*Nguwani yedengezeze: hat with a very broad brim.
*Tuku anozivikanwa mudengezeze renyika: Tuku is known all over the country.
*Bota rine mbanda rinoti guruzeze: medicated porridge is tasteless.
Chaza

Chaza izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 

## Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano.

*VaTumbuka vanoti **chaza** (it has come) kureva chakauya.
*VaTumbuka vanoti **chaza** (it came) kureva chakatouya.
Chivakamberi dzeka

Chinyorwa chino chinounganidza mazwi ane chivakamberi **dzeka**.

*Kudengedzeka (to toddle, to wobble). 
*Kuyemedzeka (behaviour of one who is dotted on) zvichireva kuita kwemunhu anoyema. 
*Kugombedzeka (to have influence impact oneself).
Chivakashure denge

Chinyorwa chino chinounganidza mazwi ane chivakashure **denge**.

*Kudengetera (be in the grip of powerful emotion e.g. fear). 
*Dengezeze (spread, compass, expanse).
*Dengene (ideophone of shaking - heavy thing). 
*Kudengendeka (shake heavy object).

## Mamwe Mazwi

*denge (ideophone of Making for a destination). Akati denge nenzira: he followed the path.
*Dengu (harvesting basket - large).
*Denguma (move forwards with swaying or surging motion). 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Chitima negwa zvinodenguma: a train and boat move forward with swaying or surging motion.
*Tuku anozivikanwa mudengezeze renyika: Tuku is known all around the country.
Chivakamberi ana

Chinyorwa chino chakaunganidza mazwi anopera nechivakamberi chokuti **ana**, chinoshandéswa kududza zvinhu kana vanhu vari kuitirana kana kuita pamwe.

*Kurovana (1. to beat each other).
*Kubatana (1. to touch each other).
*Kusekana (1. to laugh at each other).
*Kugovana (1. to share with each other).
*Kutarisana (1. to look at each other).
*Kudondana (1. to meet each other). 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Zviuya hazvidondani.
Musungwa

Musungwa (prisoner) zvinoreva munhu akabatwa akaiswa mujeri mushure mekunge apara mhosva.

## Mazwi eBantu

*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **baka** (to catch) kureva kubata moto. 
*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **kubakisa** (cause to catch).
*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **bakwa** (to be caught).
Zezuru

Zezuru kana ChiZezuru imhando yeChiShona chinotaurwa mumatunhu eMashonaland.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*VaKongo vanoti **zeza** (v.i. to be, become or get slack, or loose; to slacken, abate, relax, melt, thaw, give, yield, become weak, to despair, to abandon what one had determined to do).
*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **zeza** (n. slackness, relaxing, thaw, despair, melt as oil, abate). 
*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **zezesa** (v.t. to cause to loosen, to make slack, slacken, loosen, ease, relax). 

*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **zezula** (v.t. relax, make slack or loose - see zees above). 
*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **zezuka** (v.i. see zeza above).
Takarasima

Takarasima (ideophone for arguing) kuramba, kukakavara, kuiitisa nharo.

## Mazwi eBantu

*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **xima** rinodudzwa kunzi **sima** (v. forbid, refuse to allow, prohibit, object, restrain, keep back, interdict, stop, disallow, countermand). 
*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **ximina** rinodudzwa kunzi **simina** (to stop from, to stop a fight or a quarrel).

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Ndakutsanangurira chikonzero sei ndisina kuuya, iwe ndopowoti takarasima uchiti huya chete.???
*Pafunge tine mutauro wedu wakapfuma chaizvo isu takarasima neChirungu.
*Tavinga zvirongwa zvebudiriro pano, vino vanhu vava kuti takarasima nenyaya dzisina basa.
Kutara Murwere

Kutara Murwere (inspect; survey; review) kufambira murwere kuti uone kuti hutano huri sei.

*Mazwi ari pedyo: Daramombe.

## Mitauro yeAfrika

*Lingala inoti **kotala** (to look). Herero inoti **tara** (behold, observe, look at, see) kureva kutarira.
*Kikongo inoti **kutala** (to look after, at, for; inspect, view, review, observe, watch, gaze at, notice). Mamwe mazwi: **ntala** (n. a look, glance).
*Kikongo vanoti **tala** (to look, attend). Sokuti **kutala mwana** (to look after the child).
*Kikongo inoti **talanisa** (v. to put opposite, face to face). Umbundu vanoti **tala** (to look; observe, attention).
Kubvoronga

Kubvoronga (Bungle, botch, do sloppy work).

## Mazwi eBantu

*Swahili vanoti **boronga** (v. botch, bungle, do sloppy work, 2. Confuse, throw into disorder).
*Mururimi rweSwahili vanoti **borongo** (Confusion, disorder, muddle, mess).
*VaChewa vanoti **kubvononga** (v. to spoil; to foul water).
Chivakamberi zuka

Chinyorwa chino chakaunganidza mazwi anopera nechivakamberi chokuti **zuka**.

## Mazwi

*Kundarazuka kana kutarazuka (to be emaciated) zvichireva kuwondoroka.
*Kupambazuka kana kupambazura (to divide from one another - especially into several parts).
*Kuzunguzuka
*Kudazuka (to be overcome).
*Kupazuka
*Kufizuka (to be weakened) kupera simba kungakonzerwa nehurwere kana nebasa.
*Kutuzuka (confused, be at a loss, perplexed).
*Kubizuka (do physically hard work) kuita basa rinorema.
*Kuhwezuka (Be, or be able to be, snatched).

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Matuzu
*Katuruza
*tuzu (ideophone of being at a loss).
*Kudazura (1. Overome. Be too much for) zvichireva kukurira. Adazurwa nedoro: he has had too mueh beer to drink. 
*Zukumwara (be distressed) zvichireva kugungudzika. Mukadzi asina murimiri anogungudzikira munhu ari wose nokuti ichirikadzi: a woman who has no one to plough for her asks for help from everyone on the grounds of her being a widow. 

## Mazwi eBantu

*Mururimi rweLenje vanoti **itala** kana  tala (side; one of two sides e.g. of river or valley - usually the furthest side) vachireva rimwe remativi maviri, zvikurusei divi riri mhiri kana kuti divi riri kure racho. 
*Kana vaLenje vachiti **kutala** (on the other side, beyond) vanenge vachireva kune rimwe divi tadarika patiri.
Chivakashure Nyaru

Chinyorwa chino chakakumbanidza mazwi ane chivakashure **nyaru**.

*Nyarutanda (a Spider) apa kurva dzvatsvatsva rinoruka dandemutande kana rutanda.
*Nyarukunda
*Nyarubwe
*Nyaruviro
*Nyaruwata
Chivakamberi tera

Mazwi anoshandisa chivakamberi **tera**.

*Kurevetera
*Jechetera
*Kudengetera (to be gripped by deep emotion).
*Kudeketera
*Kupopotera
*Kudzembetera 
*Kudzvemetera

## Mitauro yeBantu

*Sangho vanoti tere (story) kureva nyaya. Mamwe mazwi: **tere** (n. body) kureva muviri.
Chivakamberi ika

Mazwi anoshandisa chivakamberi **ika**.

*Kutaika
*Kushaika.
*Kumarika
*Kusasika
*Kupaika 
*Kurarika (abale to be slept on).
Chivakamberi kira

Mazwi anoshandisa chivakamberi **kira**.

*Kudimbukira
*Kurasikira
*Kumanikira.
*Kudhindikira
*Kusarukira
*Kucharikira .
*Kuturikira (to interpret).
*Kusimbikira
*Kumbandikira 
*Kuyambukira (to cross over to).
*Kuburikira (to project out of).
*Kukwatikira (to get stuck to - of a plate or something flat).
Chivakamberi isa

Mazwi anoshandisa chivakamberi **isa**.

*Kurapisa (cause to be cured or attended to medically).
*Kurarisa (tuck into bed, cause to sleep).
*Kugarisa (cause to sit down, effect settlement of people, sit or stay for too long).
*Kutambisa (to play with, to use in a way that shows no appreciation something useful).
*Kunamisa (to stick using the named agent).
*Kudadisa (cause to be proud of).
*Kudzamisa (cause to go deeper).
*Kutyisa (cause to be afraid).
Chivakamberi sisa

Mazwi anoshandisa chivakamberi **sisa**.

*Kubatisisa (to hold onto very strong).
*Kutarisisa (to look very closely).
*Kuvavisisa
Chivakamberi esa

Mazwi anoshandesa chivakamberi **esa**.

*Kurotesa (cause to dream).
*Kuteresa (cause to pay taxes).
*Kuporesa (cause to be cured).
*Kupedzesa (to finish off).
*Kusemesa (to gross out).
*Kusevesa (to have as relish).
*Kuchemesa (to cry out loud).
*Kurevesa (to mean what you say).
*Kupengesa (cause to go mad).
*Kurebesa (cause to be long or too long).
*Kusekesa (to cause to laugh).
Chivakamberi rera

Mazwi ane chivakamberi **rera**.

*Kuroverera (to beat into).
*Kutenderera (to go around).
*Kupoterera (to circle around).
*Kusekerera (to smile at, to smile).
*Kunyemwerera
*Kumonerera (to wrap around).
*Kureverera (to speak for, to defend in speaking).
*Kuteerera (to listen to).
*Kuserera (to subside).
*Kuperera (to be finished on or at; to be totaly committed to).
***Kuyerera** (to flow, to measure or weigh using the named utensil).
Chivakamberi nya

Mazwi anoshandisa chivakamberi **nya**.

*Kuchekanya (to cut to very small pieces).
*Kuguranya (to chop in many pieces).
*Kurevanya (to talk at length???).
*Gamanya sezita
Chivakamberi ya

Mazwi anoshandisa chivakamberi **ya**.

## Mazita

*Kusangaya
*Chikadaya 
*Chivavaya 
*Jambaya
*Zengeya

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Sawaya
*Masaya 
*Mutongoreya 
*Kaviya 
*Mutavayi
Chivakamberi va

Mazwi anoshandya chivakamberi **va**.

*Gwavava (type of reptile).
*Guvava 
*Chikwava
*favava (ideophone of Lying relaxed).
*Gwangwava izita rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. KuChiweshe kune musha unonzi Gwangwava.
*Nhondova

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Sei kuramba makati vavava nyika hupfumi huchitorwa nevatorwa?
*Akati mugwenzi fava: he hid in a bush, hugging the ground.

## Mazwi eBantu

*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **kwava** (to crawl) vachireva kukambaira.
*VaYao vanoti **kukwava** (to crawl) vachireva kukambaira.
Chivakamberi edza

Mazwi anoshandisa chivakamberi **edza**.

## Mazwi

*Kuchembedza (cause to grow old).
*Kurembedza (hold hanging down).
*Kurombedza kana kudombedza (to soak in water as a way of making soft).
*Kugombedza
Kuvira

*Kuvira kweDoro (to ferment).
*Kuvira kweZuva (sunset, beging to grow dark).
*Kuvira pamoto (to boil).

## Mitauro yeBantu

*VaLozi vanoti **-bila** (v.i. to boil; to ferment) vachireva kuvira. 
*VaLomwe vanoti **ovira** (v. spend time).
*Mang'anja vanoti **kuwira** (to boil; to bubble as water in a pot or a whirlpool or gas-bells in a swamp).
Kuvira kweZuva

Kudoka kwezuva, kudeuka kwezuva kana kuvira kwezuva (sunset) zvinoreva  kunyura kwezuva apo chiedza chemasikati chinoshaika kuchibva kwauya rima rehusiku.

## Tsika

*Pakudoka kwezuva vanhu vanokwazisana vachiti - maswera sei kana madoswera sei?
*Muswere wezuva zvinoreva nguva yokubva pakubuda kusvika pakunodoka kwezuva.

## Mitauro yeAfrika

*Kikongo inoti **yila** (to begin to grow dark) vachireva kuvira kwezuva. VaWanga vanoti **okhwira** (to become dusk) vachireva kuvira kwezuva.
*Zigula inoti **uswero** (dusk, sunset, sundown, west) kureva madeko. Frafra vanoti bira (adj. sombre; obscure; dark). Fananidzai nokuti kuvira kwezuva?
*Yao inoti **kwaswela** kana **kuswele** (at sunset, sundown) kureva pakudoka kwezuva. VaYao vanoti **kuswa** (to set - of the sun, sundown) kureva kudoka kwezuva.
*MaZulu vanoti **mathunzi** (In the late afternoon) vachireva pakudeuka kwezuva. Muenzaniso: **selimathunzi sesiphindela emakhaya** (it is now late afternoon, we are heading home).
*Nkonya inoti bi (v.to become black) kureva kuita chisvipa. Mamwe mazwi: bila (darken). Fananidzai nokuti zuva ravira?
*Shilluk inoti **tok** (adj. absent) kureva kusavapo.
Mundandaridza

Mundandaridza kana mundandaritsa (Process in English) zvinoreva mabasa anoitwa nematanho uye nenzira dzakarongeka zvichishandiswa mukushandura nhumbi dzinopinda muhushangazhi kuti dzive zvibereko zvinokwanisa kutengeseka. Pakuwanda tinenge toti Mindandaridza (processes).

Kana mundandaridza wavapo unonyoreswa kuPatents Office kuitira kuti vanoda kuzoshandisa mundandaridza uyi vanopota vachiripa rukoto kune muridzi akavamba mundandaridza wacho. Nokudaro mindandaridza inonyorwa pasi kuchidudzwa kuti kunoshandiswa mutowo yakadii kuita basa iri. Zvose zvinopinda pa**mundandaridza**, zvinosanganisa nhumbi, hujoto hunodiwa; nguva inoshandwa nezvimwewo zvinofanirwa kududzwa.

Somuenzaniso, gasi reAmmonia rinogadzirwa kuchishandiswa Mundandaridza waHaber (Haber process). 

## Mundandaridza rekuvhota

Somuenzaniso uri nyore kunzwisisa, mundandaridza wekuvhota unotevedza nzira iyi: 

* Munhu anotaridza chitupa; 
* Zita rinotariswa mubhuku revakanyoresa kuvhota; 
* Zita rinochekwa mubhuku; 
* Muvhoti anonyika mawoko ake mudhayi;
* Munyori anotambidza muvhoti pepa rokuvhotera;
* Muvhoti anovhota okanda pepa rake mubhokisi asina waanotaridza.

## Kupiwa kweZita

Shoko rokuti mundandaridza rinobva pane rokuti mundanda (an arrangement of things in line) rinoreva kurongeka kwezvinhu pamutsetse zvichidevana zvakarongeka. Ndizvo zvimwechete nechinonzi "Process" kuEnglish kana ichinge yashanda nemazvo inofanira kubuditsa zvibereko nenzira yakarongeka inopa: chouviri, chinofadza, chinotengeseka, chinopa kurarama, kana kubuditsa zvine tsarukano. 

Mundandaridza unosvitsa zvinhu mberi, tisingati zvasvika pakugumisira pazvo asi kuti zvasvika pari nani pokuti kana zviri zvinotengeswa zvave nemutengo uri nani - "value added".

**Process** - a continuous action or operation, a series of changes taking place in a definite manner.

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

***Processing** inoturikirwa ichinzi kundandaridza kana kundandaritsa.
***Processor** inoturikirwa ichinzi chindandaridza kana chindandaritsa.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*VaChewa vanoti **kundandalitsa** (to put in order). VaYao vanoti **kundandalika** (to be arranged) kureva kundandarika kana kundandiswa.
*VaTonga vanoti **beleka** (v. work) vachireva kushanda. Mazwi Anotodzana: **belekela** (v. work for) vachireva kushandira.
*VaTonga vanoti **balumi ba beleka** (men they work) kureva varume ava vanoshanda. Mamwe mazwi: **cibelesyo** (v. instrument, tool) vachireva chombo chekushandisa.
*VaLubwisi vanoti **kikwato** (n. tool, instrument) kureva chibatiso.
Chivakamberi ma

Mazwi anoshandisa chivakamberi **ma**.

## Mazita

*Kukombama (to be bent).
*Kururama 
*Kurungama 
*Kutsivama (to lie face down).
*Kutseyama
*Kureyama (to be defective).
*Kuchingama
*Kupeyama
*Kudzikama
*Kudenguma (to move with swaying and surging motion).
Nechinanga

Nechinanga chidawo chedzinza.
Shumba Nechinanga

## Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano.

*Mururimi rweKikongo vanoti **nanga** (n. Slave - exchanged for food in famine time) kureva muranda aitsvivaniswa nechokudya munguva yenzara.
Zvivakamberi Zvedzokororo

Chinyorwa chino chakakumbanidza mazwi anoshandisa zvivakamberi zvinodudza kudzokorora.

## Chivakamberi orora

*Kudzokorora (to repeat).
*Kumonyorora (to twist again).

## Chivakamberi urura

*Kukavurura (to plant again).
Chivakamberi ruka

Chinyorwa chino chakaunganidza mazwi anopera nechivakamberi chokuti **ruka**.

*Kutsvukuruka (to be a faded red colour).
*Kusvipuruka (to be a faded black colour).
*Kucheneruka (to be a ashen white).
*Kupeperuka (to be blown around in the wind, to fly away in the wind).
*Kukuduruka (to walk with head nodding - man or animal).
*Kugunduruka (roll heavy object).
*Kukuruka (to be pulled along by river current).
*Kusuduruka (to move away).
*Kubhururuka (to fly).
*Kudzunguruka (going round and round).

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Kuguruka (to be taken to pieces, disassembled).

## Mazwi eBantu

*Kikongo vanoti **luka** (v. vomit; be sick) vachireva kurutsa kana kurwara.
*Kikongo vanoti **nduka** (v. a vomiting) vachireva kurutsa.
*Lenje inoti **mukuku** (Current, flow of a stream or river) kureva gukurudzi rerwizi.
*Chewa inoti **yeluka** (to become loose, to slip off).
Maneno

Maneno kana unena mazwi ari kushandiswa pano kuturikira chivakamberi **-logy** chinoshandiswa kuEnglish pakupa mazita ezvidzidzo zvinosanganisira: **biology, geology, sociology, ecology, gynaecology** zvichingodaro. Apa izwi rokuti maneno richitodzaniswa neSwahili sezvanyorwa pasi izvo.

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

***Gynaecology** inenge yoturikirwa ichinzi Unenavakadzi.
***Gynaecologist** inenge yoturikirwa ichinzi chinenavakadzi, pakuwanda toti ana chinenavakadzi.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*VaGiryama vanoti  **kunena** kana **kusema** (speak) kureva kutaura.
*VaGiryama vanoti  **kunenera** (to speak for, speak against) kureva kurevera. 
*VaGiryama vanoti **maneno** (speech, case, subject of discussion, language) kureva nhaurwa'.
*VaDigo vanoti **kunena** (to speak) vachireva kutaura. 
*VaDigo vanoti **neno** (word) vachireva izwi. Vanobva vati **maneno** (speech).
*VaSwahili vanoti **nena** (1. speak, talk, articulate, 2. mention, speak of, talk about).
*VaSwahili vanoti **unenaji**, **uneni** (sing. 1. power of speech, speaking. 2. fluency, eloquence. 3. turn of speech, manner of speaking).
*VaSwahili vanoti **neno**, **maneno** (word, expression, utterance; 2. pl., rare language, dialect. 3. pi. discussion, debate. 4. statement, assertion. 5. important matter, affair, matter for concern).
Uvaranomwe

Izwi rokuti Uvaranomwe (Literature) rinoshandiswa kureva nagware ose anowanikwa mururimi rugi kutaura nezvarwo.

## Uvaranomwe weShona

Uvaranomwe weShona hunosanganisira: tsumo, nhetembo, zvirahwe, nganonyorwa, nhango nendyaringo, nziyo, magwaronhau zvichingodaro.

## Mabhuku

*Akanga Nyimo Avangarara.
*Uchandifungawo
*Ziva Kwawakabva
*Karikoga Gumi reMiseve
*Dzasukwa Bwana Asina Hembe
*Kunyarara Hakusi Kutaura
*China Manenji Hachifambisi
*Kutonhodzwa kwaChauruka

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Dudziramutauro (grammar).
*Nzwisiso (Comprehension).
*Mhenenguro (Practical Criticism).
*Rondedzero (Composition).
Mvududu

Mvududu izita rinowanikwa muZimbabwe

*Fungo kana mvututu (billow, a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam).
Chivakamberi gura

Chinyorwa chino chakakumbanidza mazwi ane chivakamberi **gura**.

*Kupidigura (turn upside down, invert) zvinoreva kumisa chinhu chakasunama pasi pari mudenga.
*Kuridigura
Ambuyawasha

Shoko rokuti ambuyawasha kana mbuyawasha rinoshandiswazve kutaura mukadzi akaroorwa nehanzvadzi yemukadzi wako -(brother-in-law's wife). Shoko rokuti **ambhuya** rinoshandiswazve kududza hukama hwerudzi urwu.

Ambuyawasha vanenge vari munyarikani wokuti iwe mukuwasha haungotaura chero pamberi pavo, nokuti hauna humana hweropa navo.
Tarachisi

**Tarachisi** (*Geography*) - iri izwi riri kubva kumazwi ari kuEnglish anoti: *geo* rinoreva nyika (earth) muChiGreeK, uye *graph* rinoreva mutaro kana kuti mufananidzo.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*VaTonga vanoti **cisi** (land, country, place, nation). VaGiryama vanoti **tsi** (land).
*VaLunda neVaLenje vanoti **chisi** (country, region, land, district, village and its neighbourhood).
*VaLenje vanoti **nshi** kana **nsi** (land, region, ground underfoot) apa kurva pasi kana pavhu.
*Kinyarwanda inoti **isi** (world, earth). Lugwere vanoti **chisi** (region, country).
Nhungamakore

Nhungamakore kana chitundumusere (rocket) inoshandiswa kufamba kubva pano pasi kuenda muchadenga kunzvimbo dzakadai semwedzi nemimwe mitumbi iri muchadenga.
Chityu

Chityu (Chest Treat-Plate of animal, brisket) zvinoreva nyama iri padundundu remhuka dzkadai semombe, nhoro, mhofu zvichingodaro.
Kureva Nhema

Kureva nhema kana kunyepa (lying) zvinoreva kutaura mashopo asiri chokwadi achiitwa sokunge chokwadi.

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Kufoya (lying) zvinodudza kureva nhema zvakare.
*Mafoyo (Lies).
*Mafushe, mufoyi kana zimwaya (Liar) zvichireva munhu anorexia nhema.
Kupfava

Kupfava (state of being soft) zvinoreva kusava chikukutu.

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Marukutira (1. Soft state 2. Person able to endure scolding without complaining). 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Mugwagwa wava marukutira: the road-has become so sandy that a bicycle can hardly move on it. 
*Dehwe rava marukutira: the hide has become very soft. 
*Doro iri marukutira: this beer has no body.

## Mitauro yeAfrika

*Shambala vanoti **kizalegela** (v. It is soft) kureva chakapfava.
Kuchenuruka

Kuchenuruka kana kuchenuka (Fade through long exposure, or washing or age, 2. Become dusty). 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Musoro wake wakachenuruka: his head is white with dust. 
*Pasi pakachenuruka, panoda kudzirwa: the floor has become dusty, it needs to be freshly smeared.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*VaKikuyu vanoti **kuoma** (to fade).
Chero

Chere kana chero (On condition that; so long as; provided that, if only). 

*Chero (anybody, everybody). Sokuti chero munhu anogona kupinda muRufaro Stadium.

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Chere wafumouya ndinokupa basa: I'll give you a job provided that you get here early.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*VaMambwe vanoti **cila** (every, each).
*VaBemba vanoti **cila mwaka** (annually) kureva gore negore.
*VaBemba vanoti **cila bushiku** (daily) kureva zuva nezuva.
Kusuka

Kusuka (to wash, wash out) zvichireva kugeza mudziyo wakadai sepoto, ndiro, mugoti zvichingodaro.

*Kusukurudza (to rinse, to wash out).

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Masukurudzwa (Water in which something e.g. beer-pot has been rinsed).  
*Masukurudzwa (Food e.g. rice or tsenza washed in preparation for cooking).

## Mitauro yeBantu

*Yao inoti **kusuka** (to wash) kureva kusuka. Mbugwe inoti suka (v. to churn) kureva kusuka.
*Sangho neUmbundu vanoti **sukula** (v. wash, clean). Umbundu inoti ocisuku (n. circle) kureva denderedzwa.
*VaBemba inoti **suka mukaka** (v. to churn milk) kureva kusuka mukaka?
*VaGwere vanoti **kusuka** (pour, flow into) vachireva kudira.
*VaGwere vanoti **kusuka** (irrigate, pelt down, water a plant.) kureva kudiridza.
Bundu

*bundu kana mapundu (Knot in wood. Knot or lump in bark of tree). 
*bundu (Swelling. Lump`- glandular or abscess). 
*bundu (Ill will. Irritation). 
*bundu (Ignorant person). zvichireva chituta. 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Amera bundu: he has come out in a rash. Ane bundu padama: he has a swelling on his cheek. 
*Ane bundu neni: he is annoyed with me. 
*Bundu rake raserera: he is no longer irritated.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*VaKongo vanoti **bundikiana** (v. to coalesce, associate, mingle together) kureva kupundira?.
Gwidzi

*Gwidzi kana makwidzi (Loft of granary. Floor of loft)
*Gwidzi kana makwidzi, (Earthen bench against inside wall of a house)
Chivakamberi nyika

Chinyorwa chino chinokumbanidza mazwi ane chivakamberi **nyika**.

*Kudzungunyika, kudzungunyira kana kugwedagweda (1. Wobble, 2. Move erratically, first one way then another).
*Kudzungunyidza (Cause to wobble. Push, first one way then another (e g when inserting something between two objects).
*Kuhwihwinyika (Dazzle) zvichireva kuteya kana kutoya.
*Kukakanyika (1. Walk ostentatiously - funduka,  2. Walk stiffly - because of discomfort).
*Kukamanyika kana kavarika (Walk quickly).
*Kuman'anyika (1. Move weakly e.g. fingers, 2. Rise and stand).
*Kumaramanyika (Rise slowly to stand).
*Kubvanganyika (Be, or be able to be, put into disorder).
*Kubvirinyika (Be shaggy, scruffy).
*Kupfakanyika (twitch).
Chivakamberi nyara

Chinyorwa chino chinokumbanidza mazwi ane chivakamberi **nyara**.

*Kudungura kana kukongonyara (Move by contracting and expanding).
*Kufifinyara (1. Be overburdened. 2. Wrinkle, crumpled, creased). 
*hanganyarwa (1. Angry walking - with long strides, - kukanganyara; 2. Big, strong person who takes big strides).
*Kuhwihwinyara (Glow) zvichireva kubwinya.
*Kukakanyara (Become stiff as dried unstretched hide does).
*Kukanganyara (1. Stiffen. 2. Get into a huff. 3. Walk vigorously - strong, healthy person or animal, 4. M Lie dead).
*Kutandanyara (walk stiffly and proudly).
*Kukokonyara (1. Crumple up, Shrivel. 2. Become stiff - as hide that has not been stretched to dry).
*Kukongonyara (1. Alter shape (from straight to bent from bent to straight, 2. Walk as baboon does, 3. Move by contracting and expanding as caterpillar does, 4. Become stiff e.g. hide).
*Kukungunyara (1. Die alone. Lie dead - kutindinyara, 2. Walk with affected gait).
*Kumbambanyara (Walk stiffly because clothing is too tight).
*Kukanganyara (Lie dead on back).
*Kudatanyara (Show pride in way of walking or standing).
Kumberereka

Kumberereka kana kutimhaira  (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. 

*Mberere mberere kana timha timha (ideophone of Wandering aimlessly). 
*Kumbereredza (Cause to make detour by standing in the way).

## Nziyo

*Mberere mberere nenyika vamwe vakagarika zvavo mudzimba.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*VaGungu vanoti **kutaaruuka, kuzengeera** (v. wander, walk slowly here & there without purpose or direction) kureva kudzengerera.
*VaGungu vanoti **kutaaruuka** (v. be sexually promiscuous like a prostitute).
Bango-

**-bango-** (deficient v Precipitately. Rashly. Without thought - used with affirmative verb). 

## Kurerutsa [[Mutauro]]

*Anobangotaura sokunge munhu akafunda chaizvo: he rushes into discussion as though he were a learned man. 
*Unodavira usina kubangofunga: you answer without taking any thought.
Mazwi akabva kuPortuguese

Shona ine mazwi akaumbwa achibva kururimi rwePortuguese. Mamwe mazwi nemazita emutauro wechiAfrikaans atakagashira kuti ave mumutauro wedu ndeanoti:

***cobre** - kobiri (Penny, copper).
***batata** - mbatata (Potato) kureva mbambatisi.
***vacacao** - kuvhakacha, mubvakachi (Stroller. Visitor on holiday). Mubvakacho (Jaunt. Stroll. Holiday).
***bala** - bara (bullet) kureva mbumburu.
***botao** - bhutau kana mabhutau (Button). 
***chapeu** - chapewa (hat).
***xaile** - chari kana jari (n. shawl. Afrikaans inoti **tjalie**
***chicote** - chikoti (sjambok) kureva chamboko.
***chumbo** - chumbu (Lead). 
***vender** - kufandisa (Sell) zvichireva kutengesa.
***fohla** - fodya (tobacco, leaf).
***fosforos** - fofo (n. Matches) kureva machisi.
***garrafa** - garafa kana magarafa (Bottle).
*Izwi rokuti meza (table) rinotodzana nePortuguese inoti mesa.

## Mazwi eBantu

*VaKongo vanoti **kitanda** (Portuguese) kureva mutauro wePortuguese nerudzi rwacho.
*VaKongo vanoti **Kimputu** (Portuguese language) kureva mutauro wePortuguese.
Chivakamberi nyarwa

Chinyorwa chino chinokumbanidza mazwi ane chivakamberi **nyarwa**.

*Ganganyarwa kana gongonya (Dry hard hide). 
*Dandanyarwa kana matandanyarwa (strong person or animal). Kutandanyara.
*Dikinyarwa kana madikinyarwa (Big, ugly, fat person).
*Hanganyarwa (Angry walking with long strides). Kukanganyara.
*Hongonyarwa (Piece of metal with several bends). Kukongonyara.
Kukwasvatidza

Kukwasvatidza (Shape an object so that one end is thicker than the other).

## Mamwe Mazwi

*kwasvati (ideophone of Tapering - not necessarily to a point).
*Kukwasvatidza (Flatten e.g. tin container - kupashamadza, 2. Deflate).
*Kukwasvatika (Be, or be able to be, shaped so that one end is thicker than the other).
*Kukwasvatika (Be, or be able to be flattened e.g. tin container, 2. Be, or be able to be, deflated).
Kukwatika

*Kukwatika (Clamp. Make tight. Compress - kutsonyera).
*Kukwatika (Be completely closed, stop a gap at the door)
*Kukwatika  (Take things and go away with them)
*Kukwatika (Place down flat).

## Mamwe Mazwi

*kwatidza (1. Close door or window. 2. Slam door - kukwindidza, 3. Stop a gap completely).
*Kukwatanura
 
## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Mhepo haingapindi nokuti gonhi rakakwatika: the wind cannot get in because the door is closed. 
*Kwatika museve murutsanga: make the arrow-head fast in the reed into which you have inserted it. 
*Kwatikidza demo muvhaisi: clamp the axe in the vice. 
*Akakwatika mabhuku: he picked up the books and went off with them.

## Kurerutsa Mitauro yeBantu

*VaLubwisi vanoti **kukwatani̱ya** (v. 1. link; connect; join; attach; 2. glue together; hold together; fix together).
Kumbututika

Kumbututika (Be sad and at a loss).

## Mamwe mazwi

*mbutuma (ideo of Standing, or sitting, as mentally retarded person does.
*mbututu (ideo of Being sad and at a loss).
*mbutuma (Complete fool).
*-mbutumara (Stand, or sit, as a mentally retarded person does).
Chivakamberi tara

Chinyorwa chino chakaunganidza mazwi anopera nechivakamberi chekuti **tara**.

*Chivavatara (Smooth, even surface - of thatch, hair, etc).
*-kakatara (stiffen). Dehwe rakakatara kana rikaiswa mumvura rinopfava: a hide that has become **stiff** will soften if immersed in water.
*-kakatara (Get spoilt). Hembe yangu yakakatara: my shirt is stained.
*kukutara (be hard, firm, rigid). Ano mwoyo wakakukutara: he is hard-hearted.
*-mamatara (Adhere. Stick) zvichireva kunamatira.

## Mamwe Mazwi

*chinharo (Fairly short distance). <-tara
Chivakamberi ndara

Chinyorwa chino chakaunganidza mazwi anopera nechivakamberi chekuti **ndara**.

*-kungundara (Move (huge person or animal).
*chanjandara (ideophone of Being adamant) kureva chachama kana chacharara 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Tezvara akati chanjandara, mombe ibonga: the father-in-law refused to budge an inch because the full number of cattle had not been paid.

## Mitauro yeAfrika

*VaBukusu vanoti **Liikhumi naa ndala** (n. Eleven) kureva gumi nerimwe. VaWanga vanoti **ikhumi na ndala** (n. eleven) kureva gumi neimwe.
*VaWanga neVaBukusu vanoti **ndala** (one - the form used in counting). Sokuti **abomunzu ndala** (children of one woman).
*VaSangho vanoti ndalo (n. substance of any item).
*Zulgo inoti ndara (to, in the direction).
Chihwandehwande

Chihwandehwande (Hide-and-seek) zvichireva chamuhwande muhwande.

## Mamwe Mazwi

Gwegwe kana magwegwe (Hide-and-seek).

## Tsumo

*Nhambetambe inoregwa ichanaka. Playing is best stopped while it is (still) interesting.
*Nhambetambe inoregwa ichapisa. Playing is best stopped while it is still exciting.
Kuchakatika

*Kuchakatika (1. Be busied). 
*Kuchakatika (2. Act in unusual way for which no reason is apaparent person or animal)
*Kuchakatika (3. Abound - kuwanda). 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Nguva yomunhuruka vanhu vanochakatika kurima: at the beginning of the rainy season people are busy ploughing. 
*Hameno zvavava kuda kuita baba vabhoi, vava kuchakatika: I do not know what my son's father wants to do, he has become inscrutable - **impossible to understand or interpret**.
*Mumba makachakatika nemvura: there is water everywhere in the house.
Kuchiriridza

*Kuchiriridza (1. Bring to stop).
*Kuchiriridza (2. Load. Fill a container with different kinds of things). 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Chiriridza ngoro: stop the wagon; or, put many different things on the wagon.
*chiriri (ideophone of Standing still - mbikiti, 2. of Halting).
*chiririka (1. Stand still - dzororoka kana sipitika, 2. Move in different direcs tions. 3. Fill up; be filled with different kinds of things). 
*-chiririra (1. Bring to a stop. 2. Fill a container with different kinds of things).

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Homwe yomukomana uyu yakachiririka: this boy's pocket is filled with different kinds of things.

## Mitauro yeBantu

*Mururimi rweYao vanoti **chilili** (expressive of standing upright) kureva chiriri.
*Mang'anja vanoti **chiri** (standing upright) vachireva chiriri.
Magwegwe sezita

Magwegwe izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 

*KuBulawayo kune mana anonzi Magwegwe.
*Gwegwe kana magwegwe (Hide-and-seek) zvichireva chamuhwande muhwande..

## Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano.

*Vatauri veIsiZulu vanoti **amagwegwe** (bandy-legged; crooked) vachireva mateya.
Ruva rinonzi Dombwe

Ruva rinonzi **dombwe** kana **dombo** (Ipomoea verbascoidea) rinowanikwa muZimbabwe nedzimwe nyika dzemuAfrica.
Mbiradzakondo

Mbiradzakondo (Method of tying a person so that he is helpless - hands and feet tied, a stick passed under knees and over elbows). 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Akasungwa mbiradzakondo: he was tied up and rendered  helpless.
Tsunami

Tsunami chiitiko chinosumudza mvura yegungwa ichikandwa padunhu iri mafungo makurusa anoreba kudarika mamita 10. Matutuzenga emafungo emvura iwaya ane simba nespidhi yokuti anotakura mvura ichinoroverwa pagombe regungwa nenzira inoparadza misha nokuraya vanhu nezvisikwa.

Tsunami inoitika kana zvinotevera zvikaitika:

*Kundengenyeka kwemahwada pasi pegungwa kunokonzera kuti  rimwe remahwada ritundumare richisumudza mvura yegungwa ichibva yamutsa mafungo anokura zvakanyanya. Mamwe mafungo anokura zvokudarika miti kana dzimba dzemidurikidzanwa miviri.
*Kutubuka kwechikwatamabwe pasi pegungwa kunosakisa kusimuka kwemafungo emvura azareba samare.

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Matutuzenga (Frightening  moving mass e.g. flood-water; mob).
*Dundumadza (1. High country, 2. Prominence, elevation, in such a country).
Chikwinya

Chikwinya izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe.

*Vanhu vane zita iri: Tavonga Chikwinya; Kudzai Chikwinya; Shaun Chikwinya; Nyasha Chikwinya aiva nhengo yeZanu-PF.

## Mamwe Mazwi

*kwinya kwinya (ideophone of Walking naked).
*-kwinyaidza (Make to walk about naked).
*-kwinyaira kana -kwinyaika (Walk about naked).

## Mitauro yeAfrika

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeAfrica, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. 

*VaMambwe vanoti **mukwinya** (fold or crease on a cloth which has been crumpled) vachireva kukwinyika.
*VaZigula vanoti **kukwinya** (v. to frown) vachireva kufinyama kumeso.
*Nyanja inoti kukwinyata (to shrink up; shrivel up; curl up; to dry, wither, be rolled up; as leaves, dried skin, roasted meat etc.). **Kukwinya** (v. to pull up; tuck up; wrinkle up; shrivel up) kureva kukwinya.
Chivakamberi nyira

Chinyorwa chino chinokumbanidza mazwi ane chivakamberi **nyira**.

*Bakanyira kana mabakanyira (Co-operative activity).
*Kudzungunyira kana Kudzungunyika (1. Wobble, 2. Move erratically, first one way then another).
*Kudzitsinyira 
*Kutsinzinyira (1. to close eyes for, at, on; close eyes a certain way).
*Kufidzvinyira (Open widely especially mouth) zvichireva kushama.
*Kufukanyira (cover over - e.g. with water, flood, innundate).
*manyuninyira (Sharp pain (of burn or scorpion bite).
*Kunyiminyira

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Dahwa rakafidzvinyira maromo ndokubva apamuka: nightjar opened its big mouth very, very widely and then it split.
Kamusiyabundu

Kamusiyabundu (Earwig) rudi rwekapuka Kane gazino anoruma kubesu.

Kumusiyabundu kanoshanda husiku kachivhima nokudya tumwe tumbuyu uye kanogara mumitswe ine hunyoro munguva dzemasikati. 

Kamusiyabundu kanovhunura nhambo dzinosvika kashanu pagore. Mhando zhinji dzekamusiyabundu dzinoti amai nido vanochengeta vana kubvira achiri mazai sezvinoita tumbuyu tuzhinji.
Kumora huchi

Kumora huchi zvinoreva mabasa anoitwa ekukohwa huchi kubva pamukoko kana nguva yacho yokukohwa huchi yakwana.

## Mazwi eBantu

*VaKizigua vanoti **kulunda** (to harvest honey) kureva kumora huchi.
Kubwaira

Kubwaira (to blink) zvichireva kuboira kwemaziso.

*bwai bwai (ideophone 1. of Blinking. 2. of Flickering as glow-worm, 3. of Being at a loss).
*bwaibwai (ideophone of Blinking because at a loss).
*Kubwaidza (Blink deliberately).
*Kubwaidzika (Blink with downcast eyes in shame or shyness).

## Mitauro yeBantu

*Venda vanoti **-poidza** ( v. to blink) kureva kubwaira kana kuboira.
*VaGiryama vanoti **ku-pesa matso** ( v. to blink) vachireva kubwaira.
Kubvunyaidza

*Kubvunyaidza (Force. Compel) zvichireva kumanikidza. 
*Kubvunyaidza (Bend leg impatiently e.g. while waiting for alms). 
*Kubvunyaidza (Humble self as son-in-law does in presence of mother-in-law). 
*Kubvunyaidza (Bully by shaking). 

## Kurerutsa Mutauro

*Akandibvunyaidza kuvhutira bhasikoro rake: he compelled me to pump up his bicycle.
Machingaidze

Machingaidze kana Mashingaidze mazita remhuri anowanikwa muZimbabwe. 

*Chingaidza (Embarrass. Confuse. Muddle person. Bewilder).

## Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeAfrica, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Pane tarisiro yekuti mitauro yeAfrika inotodzana mazwi.

*Bushong vanoti **nshinga** (n. Curse, ill treatment).
*Teke-Kukuya vanoti **mushinga** (n. Blasphemy, insult, offence, ill treatment).
*MaZulu vanoti **shinga** (v. Act wrongly, do wrong; act the ruffian). Mamwe mazwi: **isishingi** (habitual wrong doer).
*MaZulu vanoti **ilishinga** kana **amashinga** (n. 1. Wrong-doer; ruffian; 2. Mischievous person; entertaining person).
*MaZulu vanoti **ubushinga** (n. Wrong-doing nature, mischievousness).