Dembetembe

Dembetembe izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe.

Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano.

• VaMambwe vanoti tembetemba (n. polecat) zvichireva chidembo.
• VaMambwe vanoti mantembentembe (a weak, sickly person) zvichireva munhu asina simba kana murwere. VaMambwe vanoti mantembentembe (fragility).
• VaMambwe vanoti -tembatemba (to treat kindly, speak kindly to, seek to mollify, to please).