Mupinga sezita

(runangakatsva kubva kuMupinga)

Mupinga izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe.

Mitauro yeBantu chinjirudza

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya.

  • Nyanja vanoti kupinga (v. to cross, lie across; as a tree across a stream, as pain across the belly or arm; to trip up). Pinga dziko (to cross and conquer a country).
  • MaZulu vanoti phinga (v. 1. Intertwine wattles and branches (in making fences, screens, etc. 2. Press down, cool down, quiet, suppress).
  • MaZulu vanoti phinga (v. 3. Commit adultery ; have unlawful sexual intercourse. 4. Copulate (of dogs) kureva kupomba. Mamwe mazwi: isiphingi (n. adulterer, adulteress) kureva mhombwe.
  • MaZulu vanoti umphingo kana imiphingo (1. Poisoned dart head (detachable from the shaft). 2. Ebony-wood tree, Dalbergia melanoxylon).