Hurombo

Hurombo kana hushayi zvinoreva mararamiro ekunge munhu achishayiwa nhumbi, zvidyo, mbatya, pokugara kana zvimwe zvinodikanwa pakurarama kwevanhu.

• Hurombo (poverty, need, distress).
• Kushaya kana kushayiwa (poverty, being in need, lacking).
• Kugomba (Feel need of. Fail to obtain) zvinoreva kushaya.
• Kutama (being in need, lacking) apa kureva kuva mushayi.
• Mutami kana vatami pakuwanda (the needy). (Nduyo 12:5 Bhaibheri reChiNdau).
• Muchena (destitute person; one in need).
• Murombo kana mushayi (poor person; destitute person; one in need).

Tsika

• Psalm 113:7 Unomirudza murombo kubva mubukuta, nokumirudza mutami kubva mudurunhuru remadota. (Bhaibheri reChiNdau).

• Murume akupuka achitengesa ngoda kuSouth Africa - kureva kupfuma nokutengesa ngoda.

• Murombo munhu haavigwe ari mupenyu.

• .....nyama yangu yaonda nokutama mafuta: and my flesh is feeble from lack of fat. (Psalm 109:24, Bhaibheri reChiNdau).
• Chiri paMuchena chiri pamutenure.
• ... Mambo Nebhukhadhineza, atitami kudzirwira muiyi ndaa: King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. (Daniel 3:16, Bhaibheri reChiNdau).

Tsumo

• Kubvunza mangava kumurombo, kutuka Mwari. To demand the 'debts of a poor person is to insult God.
• Chadyiwa nomurombo, chadyiwa naShe. What has been eaten by a poor man has been eaten by a chief.
• Kuroorera mukarabwe muchena waisa udyi mumba.
• Murombo haarovi chine nguo. A poor man never kills (a big animal) with a skin.
• Urombo uroyi, hahuudzwi munhu. Poverty is (like) witchcraft, it is not talked about.
• Murombo chirega chinya. Poor man, never be short-tempered.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaChewa vanoti kusauka (adj. poverty, destitute). VaLenje vanoti sauka (be poor, wretched, destitute, be sad, miserable) vachireva kusauka.
• VaLenje vanoti muchete (Member of a village; an ordinary poor or common man - not a chief). VaTonga vanoti kucetaala (v. be poor). VaTonga vanoti bucete (n. poverty) kureva hurombo.
• VaWanga vanoti obutakha (lack; poverty; want) vachireva nhamo kana hurombo. VaTiriki vanoti vutakha (lack, poverty, want) kureva hurombo.
• VaDigo vanoti phungukirwa (to lack; to lack something) vachireva kushayiwa. Sangho vanoti mozingo (n. poverty) kureva hurombo.
• VaYao vanoti ulanda (poverty, misery) vachireva hurombo kana nhamo.