Runhare
Runhare muchina unoshandiswa kuti vanhu vataure vose vari kure nekure; muchina uyu unofambisa mashoko semagetsi kubudikidza newaya. Runhare rwokutanga rwakagadzirwa nemurume ainzi Graham Bell kunyika yeUnited States of America mumakore emwaka wechikumi 1870.
Pari nhasi runhare rwava muchina wakakoshesa pakufambiswa kwemashoko pakati pedzimba, makambani, mabhizimisi naimo muhushangazhi. Kwave nemhando yerunhare isangashandisi waya asi inoshandisa masaisai inonzi chizinganhare kana kuti cell phone kuEnglish.
Makambani anoita zverunhare muZimbabwe anosanganisira: Africom, Telone, Econet, Telecel neNetone.*
Mamwe Mazwi
chinjirudzaKo iro izwi rokuti runhare rakambovepi?
Mazwi eBantu
chinjirudza- MaZulu vanoti inkulumakude kana ulucingo (n. telephone. Lit. what speaks afar) kureva runhare. Bwile vanoti mutali (adj. long) kureva kureba.
- Baila vanoti intale (iron binding on spear shaft) kureva simbi inosunga muromo wepfumo. VaYao vanoti kutalikanyana (to be distant from each other) vachireva kuti kutarangana.
- VaYao vanoti kutalika (to be distant) vachireva kuti kure. VaYao vanoti chilambo cha kwakutalika (a distant country) vachireva nyika iri kure.
- VaNyakyusa vanoti pa-tali (far) vachireva kuti kure. Mamwe Mazwi: pabu-tali (long) vachireva kuti kurefu kana parefu.