Chipunga

Chipunga izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe.

• Vanhu vane zita iri: Tapiwa Chipunga; Shadreck Chipunga; Hazel Chipunga; Pelagia Chipunga.

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.

• VaMambwe vanoti punga (a person with a long beard) kureva munhu ane ndebvu refu. VaMambwe vanoti punga (an old he goat with a long beard) kureva mukono wembudzi une ndebvu refu.
• Nyanja inoti chipunga (n. smell of something rotten or dead) kureva munhuwi wechinhu chakaora kana chakafa. VaSwahili vanoti punga pepo (exorcise a spirit).
• MaZulu vanoti isiphunga (1. Fly-switch; fly-swotter. 2. Tasselled fringe worn by girls round the waist or on the upper arm as a decoration).
• MaZulu vanoti phunga (Scare off, drive off; wave away; whisk off as flies). Sokuti: ukuphunga umhlola (to drive awav an evil omen) kureva kudzinga mashura.
• Herero inoti oku-punga (v. separate the lambs and the calves from the herd and look after them in the field) kutsaura hwayana nemhuru dzichiriswa padzo dzega.