Ndiro (midziyo)

Ndiro (Dishes in English) inoreva midziyo inoshandiswa muKicheni inosanganisira mbiya, ndiro, poto, komichi, mugoti, mugwaku, sipunu zvichingodaro.

Ndipo paye panonzi "Wasuka ndiro here kuchirehwa midziyo yose yabikiswa neyadyirwa".

Tsumo

• Rukombesa ropa runorasa neriri mumbiya. If a person is overexcited to collect the blood he may even spill that (already) in the porringer.

Mitauro yeBantu

• Chewa vanoti mbiya (a pot; a jar; general name for all pots).
• Chewa neTumbuka vanoti mbale (dish, basin).
• Kimbundu vanoti imbia (n. a pot). Mamwe mazwi: tumbia (n. small pots).
• Nyaneka vanoti imbia (n. pan; pot) kureva pani kana poto.

A silver porringer created by John Coney, c. 1710, Birmingham Museum of Art