Tenzi

Tenzi kana bwana (master, lord) kureva muridzi webasa riripo kana muridzi wemhuka.

• Imbwa iyi inotevera tenzi wayo kwese kwaanoenda.
• One's very own - changu paruzima, changu paganda.

Tsumo

• Chinokura choga isango munda kukura huona tewe. What grows alone is a forest, a field grows when it sees its master.

Mitauro yeBantu

• Swahili vanoti bwana (Master) kureva tenzi. VaRundi vanoti bgana (Mr. or Master) kureva tenzi. Bavili vanoti fumu kureva tenzi.
• VaRundi vanoti nyene (Master or owner of) kureva mwene kana tenzi. Chewa vanoti mbuye kana ambuye (master; lord) kureva tenzi.
• Kikuyu vanoti mueni (master, owner) kureva mwene kana tenzi.
• Lomwe vanoti mwene, mutokweene (master, owner, boss) kureva mwene kana tenzi.
• Kimbundu vanoti muari (n. boss, master, lord, sir, superior), kureva tenzi. Fananidzai nokuti Mwari?
• Nyanja vanoti bambo (n. master) kureva tenzi. Sokuti: bambo wanga (my lord).