Nyota

Nyota ihavi yokuda kunwa mvura kana zvimwe zvinonwiwa. Nyota inokonzerwa nokushomeka kwemvura mumuviri kana kuvepo kwezvinhu zvakadai semunyu zvinokonzera kuti munhu ade kunwa mvura.

• Kamhutu kana kudzvutura (to sip, to take a sip) kutaura kunwa zvishomane.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1886)

Mamwe mazwi

• Dope kana matope (muddy water; mud).
• Yatsika dope yanwa.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaFwe vanoti nyota (thirst) kureva nyota.
• Yao vanoti njota (thirst) kureva nyota. Kikuyu vanoti kunyota (v. to thirst) kureva kuva nenyota.
• Kirundu vanoti kunyoterwa (to be thirsty) vachireva kuva nenyota. Mamwe mazwi: kunyotera (to make thirsty).