- Taabwa vanoti kutota (v. sting, prick, bite). Takwane vanoti tota kubata hove nemambure.
- MaZulu vanoti thotha (Place closely together, pack tightly; bind tightly together). VaMaconde vanoti kutota kureva kusona.
- Kirundi inoti gutota (go along right in path of animals; to not be side tracked) kuronda mwanza wemhuka.
- Kikongo inoti tota; totama (to add, put together, to be added; to be put together). Mamwe mazwi: totama (to accord, harmonise, be alike).
- Bushong inoti lutota (n. noise, disturbance, confusion, trouble, quarrel, row, tumult wrangle, wrangling, uproar, riot, sound of noise, fuss).
- Bushong inoti lutota (n. hubbub, speech, language dialect). Kikongo inoti totama (to accord, harmonise, be alike).