Muchenje

Muchenje kapuka kanenge svosve. Muchenje unovaka imba yawo nevhu kuita churu. Muchenje tusikwa tunogarobisha: ants are little creatures that are always busy.

Muchenje une shaya huru kuOkavango Delta, Botswana

Kaduku kemuchenje

Mamwe mazwi anoreva muchenje ndeaya: mushwati kana mutswa. Nyamutswa rikagova zita remhuri.

Mipanda yeMuchenje

• Majuru kana juru (the soldiers, solider termite).
• Muchenje (the workers).
• Ishwa (flying ones on nuptial night).
• Magurumbwe kana gurumbwe (a small species making small, domelike mounds).
• Mai reshwa kana gonye reshwa (the queen).
• Mutate (those found exploring earthen tunnels in houses).

Mamwe Mazwi

Churu, chidzere kana,

• Chitsope (small dome-like ant-hills whose earth is specially good for floors).
• Hwiringwindi (Large entrance to termite nest). Akawira muhwiringwindi yegomba: he fell into a big termite hole.

Mitauro yeBantu

• Mazwi okuti nswa kana muswa (white ants) anotaurwa mururimi rweLunda neLenje kureva mutswa.
• Izwi rokuti chulu (anthill) ariotaurwa mururimi rweLenje.

Tsumo

• Jenje kunyangata izvo kuruma harigoni. The large soldier termite makes (threatening) sounds but it is unable to bite.