Mariga sezita

Mariga izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe.

• Vanhu vane zita iri: Ashington Mariga, Jeffrey Mariga.
• Kuriga (to fell) zvinoreva kuwisa china chakamira - sokuti kuriga muti.

Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mime mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Pane tarisiro yekuti mamwe mazwi emitauro yeBantu anotodzana.

• Gikuyu vanoti rika kana marika (n. generation; same age; contemporary).
• VaDigo neVaMbugwe vanoti rika (n. agemate; age-set) munhu wezera rimwe.
• Giryama vanoti marika (circumcision cycles). Giryama vanoti rika kana marika (of the same age).
• Zigula vanoti lika kana malika (n. youth; generations). Gusilay vanoti ériga (n. caïman) kureva mhando yegarwe.
• VaGungu vanoti maliga (n. tears). Mamwe mazwi: kuliga (n. v. decorate; paint or draw, adorn). Batswana vanoti mariga (winter).
• Zigula inoti kulika (to be equal in size - 2 things or persons). Mamwe mazwi: kumalika (be equal in size - a quantity; to be alike in age or height).