Matare, dare, utare kana simbi (metal) dzinoonekwa nokukwanisa:

Zita rekuti simbi rinowanzo shandiswavo kureva steel kana iron (Fe). Dzimwe mhando dzesimbi dzino sanganisa mhangura, ndarama ne zeng'e.

  • Kudinha kana kuredzva zvinoreva kurebenutsa simbi uchiirova nenyundo - lengthing iron by hammering. Mupfuri anodinhidza simbi: a blacksmith beats out iron.
  • Mbudzimbembe (Pig iron) apa kureva iron ichangobva mubisiro isina kunatswa kuenda mberi.
  • Kuhubunidza (Seek rare object, or one hard to find) zvichireva kufumha kana kufuna-funa. Akaenda kundohubunidza matombo matema kurwizi: he went to search for black stones in the river.
Simbi inopisa yeMupfuri.

Mipanda yeSimbi

chinjirudza

Mamwe Mazwi

chinjirudza
  • Kuhwatsa (to lower). Hwatsa rnsero kuti rukweza rurege kupupurutswa: hold the winnowing-basket less high in the air so that the grain will not be carried away by the wind.

Mitauro yeBantu

chinjirudza
  • Nyungwe inoti simbi kana marimba (v. refined or smelted iron) kureva simbi. Baila inoti chela (n. iron. contracted from chiela) vachireva ayoni.
  • Bemba inoti nsimbi (flat iron) kureva simbi. VaMaconde inoti shitali (n. iron).
  • Lenje inoti utali (iron) kureva utare. VaMambwe inoti mutale (n. iron ore) kureva utare.
  • Lozi neVaNyoro dzinoti butale (n. iron ore or any kind of ore). Yao inoti mtapo (metal, iron ore).