Kumbumba

Kumbumba (go down, subside) zvinoreva kuserera, kuderera kana kudzikira pahuwandu, kugona kana hupfumi. Vamwe vanoti kumbomba.

• Kudzvotota kana kudzveva (Subside as river does). kureva kuserera kwerwizi.
• Kumbovova, kumbomba kana kumbemba (to go down as floods, tyres etc.).
• Kumbovera (Collapse inwards) kana kufototoka.
• Kumhovera (sink , as when walking in deep mud).

• fova (flatten, as of a tyre or disappear, as of a swelling).
• fovedza (impress, as with a finger; press; cause to dent).
• fovedzeka (become impressed; be dimpled)

Tsika

• Chikwata chenhabvu chiya chazombumba manje.

• Rwizi rwanga rwambumba pavazoyambuka kuenda mhiri.

• Rukova rwakati dzvototo: the river has gone down.

Mamwe Mazwi

• Kuserera kana kumbeva (to subside as flood or storm).
• Kuserereka (to crouch; to sink gradually in water).
• Kusereredza (to cause to abate; to cause to sink).
• Kumbomba (Subside. Go down (e g river in flood) kana kuserera.
• Kumbomboma (Collapse - e.g. building -kuzhokoteka; 2. to crumble - e.g. riverbank).
• Kumbombomedza (1. Cause to sink or submerge. 2. Cause to collapse or crumble).
• Kumbombomeka (Sink, submerge) kana kunyura.
• Kumbombova (Subside - of swelling - kupweva; 2. Fall in - piece of ground).
• Kumbwera kana kuwarakatika (1. Fall and scatter; 2. Fall - one object, or many, one by one; 3. Collapse ground or structure).

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaNyungwe vanoti -serera (adj. flat).
• MaZulu vanoti phumba (v. Become useless, stale ; fail ; be unproductive). Sokuti: utshwala o6uphumbile (fiat beer).