Munda

**Munda** (field of crops) zvinoreva ndima yevhu yakatambanuka inoshandiswa senvimbo yekudyara zvirimwa zvinosanganisira chibage, nzungu, gorosi,sunflower, mapfunde, rukweza zvichingodaro.

Chikamu chemunda chinonzi ndima, chisasa kana kuti bande - mazwi aya anoshandiswa kutaura chikamu chemunda chapwiwa kuti munhu asakure. Ndima rinotaurawo chikamu chemunda chakadyarwa zvakasiyana, kana chero chipi chikamu chiri kutaurwa nezvacho.

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Huhwo, gura kana makura zvinoreva minda yakaundiwa kare ingava ichiri kurimwa kana isisarimwe. 
*Ndima (small subdivisions of a field when ploughed; plots).
*Masimo zvinoreva munda wakadyarwa huswa kana miti.
*Guunwa kana bemhenwa kana maguunwa (New land cleared of undergrowth) apa kureva munda watemwa madenhere kuti uchirimwa. Kutema uku kunonzi kukuhuna.
*Gwidi kana magwidi (Cultivated field on hill, or hillside)
*Zanda (wide field).
*Gundamunda (A very large area).
*Dandabvurwa kana madandabvurwa, (Large plot of ground)???. Zvichida izwi iri raida kunzi dandabvunya?
*Dandanda kana madandanda, (Big open space e.g. large ploughed field). Vamwe vanoti Dhandanda.

*Izwi rokuti demegwa (part of a field where the trees are still being cleared) rinotaurwa kuKalanga richireva ndima yemunda ichiri kuundiwa kana kutemwa miti. 

## Kurerutsa

*Gwidi rinorimwa nomunhu asingachuchi doro, nokuti ndimo munogara tsoko namakudo: a field in the hills has to have a man who does not crave beer to cultivate it, since monkeys and baboons live there. 

*Kuparura kana kutsivira (make ridges) apa kureva kuwumba mihomba seye mambaira.
*Kusevura (clear grass).
*Kuwunda (clear bush to make field or garden).
*Kudunhura (cut down small tree). Mangwana tinotanga kudunhura gombo: tomorrow we start to clear the undergrowth off the land we wish to cultivate. 
*Kuita Mutare kana mutari (feast for friends who help in fields) madyo ehama neshamwari dzakabatsira mumunda.

## Zvirevo

*Munhu mukuru kurehwa, munda. For an adult, to be spoken of is (just as natural as) working the field. 
*Chomumunda wezunde tenda wachibata. Count yourself lucky if you get something from a chief's field. 
*Gombo rine chitsva ndiro rino kudya. It is virgin land that provides more food. 
*Chiverevere ndechokubaya mombe chamakombo maitiudzawo. Secret is the killing of an ox (but) as for the allocation of lands you should have notified us, too.
*Chiverevere ndechokubaya mombe chamakombo tichanzwa nemhururu. Secret is the killing of an ox, but the allocation of land is an announced with ululation.

## Mitauro yeAfrika

*VaTonga vanoti munda (garden) kureva bindu kana munda. Nsenga vanoti **munda** (field, plantation, garden). Digo inoti **chibato** (Small piece of land).
*Tumbuka inoti **chalo** (field) vachireva munda. Zigula inoti **ukwere** (1. corn field; 2. field of crops) kureva munda wezvirimwa.
*Luganda inoti **challu** kana **chalu** (garden, field, plantation, grove especially one around a village or hut) kureva munda.
*Chewa inoti **ndime** (a portion of ground for hoeing) kureva ndima. Swahili inoti **kazi ya kipande** (work by the day) kureva basa remugwazo.
*Bambara inoti fòro (n. farm field) kureva munda. Bunoge vanoti bila (n. field) kureva munda. Mbugwe inoti **yonda** kureva munda.