Kugwamba
(runangakatsva kubva kuGwamba (kugwamba))
Muchidzidzo fundoyetsimba, kugwamba kana kutsingana zvinoreva kushanduka kubva pakuve mutuvi kuenda pakuve godo. Mutuvi unoshanduka kuva godo kana hujoto hwasvika kana kudzika pasi pechimiso chekugwamba - freezing point. Somuenzaniso, mvura inoshanduka kubva pakuve mutuvi kuenda pakuve magodo emvura (ice) kana hujoto hwasvika kana kudzika pasi pe 0oC.
Mitauro yeBantu
chinjirudza- VaBemba vanoti tikama (freeze) kureva kuita chando kana kuanda.
- MaZulu vanoti isigwamba (Any semi-fluid food become unduly thick (as porridge, sour milk) kureva kukoresa kwechidyo chakadai sebota kana mukaka.
- VaFwe vanoti ku-anda (v. freeze) vachireva kugwamba nechando. VaBukusu vanoti khuu-aanda (v. stick, adhere, get stuck).