Rabvukwa

Rabvukwa izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe.

• Kubvuka (to plunder; to raid; to overthrow).
• Bvukanya, jindadzi kana bvanda (shred of cloth, tatter, debris of former house).

Mamwe Mazwi

• Nyika yenyu yaita matongo, madhorobha enyu apishwa ngomuriro; pamberi penyu vapara vanodya nyika yenyu; yaita matongo, yabvukwa ngavapara: Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; strangers devour your land in your presence; and it is desolate as overthrown by strangers.
• ...ndakabvuka upfumi hwavo...: I raided their treasures (Isaiah 10:13, Bhaibheri reChiNdau).
• Hembe iyi yabvukanya: this shirt is tattered.

Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mime 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.

• VaKabwa vanoti -rabhuuka (fade colours; be dirty) vachireva kubhuruvara.
• VaGwere vanoti kucucuka (be faded) vachireva kujujuka.