Potera

Potera izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe neDemocratic Republic of the Congo.

• Vanhu vane zita iri: Brighton Potera; Paul Potera; Cynthia Potera; Potera.

Kurerutsa Mutauro

• Abraham wakakasira kupotera mutende, mwaiwa naSarah: So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah ... (Genesis 18:6 Bhaibheri reChiNdau).
• Potera mubuwe, uhware mubukuta, kubva mukutyisa kwaMambo Mwari: Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from the terror of the Lord. (Isaiah 2:10, Bhaibheri reChiNdau).
• Chipotero (1. Person or place to which one goes for protection. 2. Intermediate stage or place between poimt of departure and end of journey).
• Vapoteri (refugee).

Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano.

• VaLozi vanoti bapoti kana baenyi (visitors, guests) kureva vaeni. MaZulu vanoti photha (Fabricate, invent) kureva kugadzira. Sokuti:ukuphotha indaba (to make up a story).
• MaZulu vanoti photha (Plait by twisting, twist together, entwine) kureva kukosa. Sokuti: ukuphotha intambo (to make twisted rope) kureva kukosa tambo.
• MaZulu vanoti imphotela (twisted object e.g. kudu horns) kureva chinhu chakamonereka senyanga dzenhoro. Chimbalazi vanoti khpotela (v. fail).
• MaZulu vanoti pote (ideo. of eating pulpy, mashy food). Mamwe mazwi: potela (Eat pulpy, mashy food) kureva kudya zvakaita dakataka.