Gava

Gava

Gava (ku chingezi: fox; jackal) zvikara zvemhuka zvinoyamwisa zvidiki. Dzino vhima uye dzinodya mhuka mhenyu, kunyanya tsuro ne marhodhendi senge tsindi ne mbeva. Pamusoro pezvo, dzinogona kudya hwiza, mazai eshiri, uye michero uye mabheri. Dzimwe nguva dzinodya carrion. Makava ndiwo madiki diki mumhuri ye imbwa. Makava anowanzo sanganiswa ne mamhungubwe uye manyene.

Mamwe makava

Bat eared fox imhando ye gava, asi hayina zita muChishona. Mazita muZimbabwe anowanikwa kumitauro yeChindevere, Chivhenda, Chitsonga, Chitswana, Chisotho ne Chixhosa. MuChitsonga inonzi, Xilwanandau (Chirwaneshumba? ku Chishona), uye Vandevere vachiti, Unga (Un'a kuChishona).

Tsumo

• Unokama gava wakarinyengedzera nechitswanda chetsubvu. In order to milk a jackal you have to divert its attention with a basket of tsubvu fruit.
• Kure kwegava ndokusina mutsubvu.

Mitauro ye Chibantu

• Chikalanga chinoti phungubwe (jackal) rinoreva mhungubwe. Kune chivakwa chinonzi Mapungubwe kuAfurika Chamhembe.
• Chiganda chinoti kawa (to cry, howl, bark, bellow) vachirevakuchema, kuhukura kana kukuma.
• Lomwe vanoti nanthala (jackal) rinoreva gava. Lunda inoti kawa (n. dog) kureva imbwa.

Mamwe mapeji ekutarisa

• Mhungubwe (jackal)
• Manyene (black-backed jackal)
• Mbwa (canidae)
• Chikara (carnivore)