Kurera Mwana

Shoko rokuti kurera (train up, to nurse) zvinoreva kuchengeta mwana uchimuwanisa zvose zvinodiwa kubva pahudiki kusvika akure ava kuzvionera. Vamwe vatauri vanoti kurisa.

Kurera kunobata zvinhu zvakawanda zvinosanganisira: kukudza, kudzidzisa, kuraya, kuriritira, kuchengeta muhwana huduku - to rear, educate, bring up, support, nurse.

• Tewe kana matewe (Guardian).

Tsika

• Mwana chiyamo: a child is a means of support.
• Kurera imbwa nemukaka mangwana inofuma yokuruma.
• chisuku (1. Child's vomit - mouthful of; 2. Feeding of a child by hand) kureva chitsuku. Kune zita remhuri rokuti Masuku??.
• Pwere ( a young child after weaning).

Tsumo

• Mwana asingachemi anofira mumbereko.
• Abara achena mwoyo. One who bears a child is patient.
• Wabereka sekera muchitende.
• Kugocha kunoda kwaamai kwomwana kunodzima moto.
• Chirere mangwana chigozokurerawo.
• Mugoni wepwere ndousinayo.
• Manatsira pwere imhanje. The one who can please children is a barren woman.
• Kuroora kweasina tewe kunonetsa. (tewe: guardian) Marriage for one without a guardian is difficult.
• Nzombe huru yakabva mukurerwa. (Great people are raised up by other people).

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaRundi vanoti kurera (to rear a child, adopt, tutor) vachireva kurera munhu. VaWabo vanoti nlelo kana malelo (n. education) vachireva kudzidzisa.
• VaRundi vanoti umurerwa (a child) vachireva murerwa kana nyakurerwa. VaNyarundi vanoti umurezi (one who rears a child, adopted father, tutor).
• VaMakua vanoti ulela (to train up) kureva kurera. VaYao neVaTaita vanoti kulela (train up, to nurse) kureva kurera.
• VaDigo vanoti mrerwa (one who is cared) kureva nyakurerwa kana murerwa. VaDigo vanoti mrezi kana mreradzi (guardian, nanny) kureva nyakurera kana mureri.
• VaGiryama vanoti ku-rera (v. train). VaMaconde vanoti kulela (v. educate). Nsenga vanoti lela (v. educate).