Muchenje
Mataridziko
(runangakatsva kubva kuChidzere)
Muchenje kapuka kanenge svosve. Muchenje unovaka imba yawo nevhu kuita churu. Muchenje tusikwa tunogarobisha: ants are little creatures that are always busy.
Mamwe mazwi anoreva muchenje ndeaya: mushwati kana mutswa. Nyamutswa rikagova zita remhuri.
Mipanda yeMuchenje
[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]- Majuru kana juru (the soldiers, solider termite).
- Muchenje (the workers).
- Ishwa (flying ones on nuptial night).
- Magurumbwe kana gurumbwe (a small species making small, domelike mounds).
- Mai reshwa kana gonye reshwa (the queen).
- Mutate (those found exploring earthen tunnels in houses).
Mamwe Mazwi
[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]- Chitsope (small dome-like ant-hills whose earth is specially good for floors).
- Hwiringwindi (Large entrance to termite nest). Akawira muhwiringwindi yegomba: he fell into a big termite hole.
Mitauro yeBantu
[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]- Mazwi okuti nswa kana muswa (white ants) anotaurwa mururimi rweLunda neLenje kureva mutswa.
- Izwi rokuti chulu (anthill) ariotaurwa mururimi rweLenje.
Tsumo
[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]- Jenje kunyangata izvo kuruma harigoni. The large soldier termite makes (threatening) sounds but it is unable to bite.