Hupoteri
(runangakatsva kubva kuVapoteri)
Mupoteri munhu ari kutiza njodzi dziri panzvimbo kana munyika yaanogara kuenda kumwe kwaari kutsvaga pokutizira paanokwanisa kurarama zvisina njodzi dzaari kutiza. Vapoteri vanotiza njodzi dzakasiyana dzinosanganisira: hondo; nzara; kushushwa kana kuurayiwa nekuda kwenyaya dzematongerwo enyika; baradzarudzi kana kushaikwa kwehushavi hunopa raramo yakanaka.
Mamwe Mazwi
chinjirudza- Rugurupiro (relief; alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.) apa kureva rubatsiro kana ruyamuro runodzikinura vanhu kubva kune zvanga zvichivatambudza.
- Chipotero (1. Person or place to which one goes for protection. 2. Intermediate stage or place between poimt of departure and end of journey).
Mitauro yeBantu
chinjirudza- MaZulu vanoti phepha (escape) kureva kutiza. Bor inoti bota (n. rescue; help) zvichida vanoreva kupotera.
- MaZulu vanoti phephela (take refuge in, escape to) kureva kupotera.
- MaZulu vanoti isiphephelo kana iziphephelo (Stronghold, refuge, shelter; salvation) kureva chipotero.
- VaGwere vanoti kusenga (take refuge at; move in & settle at s.b.’s home, sometimes in a wantonly manner, with the intention of obtaining sustenance, shelter or safety from hardship or danger) vachireva kupotera.