Rukova

Rukova (n. brook) pahuwandu tichiti hova.

Gova (dry river bed - drained or marshy in summer).
Rukovana (little stream) kureva rukova rudiki. Pahuwandu toti hovana. Aya mazwi haataurwi kazhinji kuShona.

Tsumo

Rukova rwizi kuyambuka unotokwinya nguo.
Tsumo iyi inoburitsa pachena kuti VaShona vaisiyanisa chinonzi rukova nerwizi. Chatingareva zvisinakupokana ndechekuti Zambezi haanganzi rukova, asi tototi rwizi nokuda kwekukura kwarwakaita.

VaTsonga vanoti nkova (n. valley). Chopi vanoti nkova (n. damp ground near a river). Bena vanoti mukoga kureva rukova. Zigula kono kana makono (arm of a river).
Yao vanoti nduluko (the source of a stream). Mamwe mazwi: lusulo kana kasulo (stream) kureva kakova. VaGanda vanoti lukoba (a strap; belt, whip; lash). Chuma sezita
Lozi vanoti -minyauka (v.i. to meander (river), to snake, to wind about, to zigzag; 2. to wriggle, to frisk). VaNyoro vanoti rukoba (a strap).
VaBukusu vanoti kumwoombe (n. course or bed of a river). Herero vanoti hova (v. to go through a river lengthwise) kufamba murukova uchirutevedza.
Herero vanoti okusurumuka (v. swelling of a river). Mamwe mazwi: omusuro (n. swelling on the body, boil, tumour). Sura (pp. swollen).