Kutonongora

Kutokonora, kuchokonora, kutonongora kana kupunungura (to shell, to remove grain from maize cob).

Mamwe Mazwi

• Kupura.
• Kuwurutsa (to winnow).

Mitauro yaBantu

• Kirundi inoti gutonora (shell beans, peas, peanut etc.) kureva kutonongora. Gutonorera (to shell for or at).
• Kirundi vanoti gutonorwa (to be shelled - of beans, peas, peanut etc.) kureva kutonongorwa.
• Lugwere vanoti butono (v. smallness, littleness, thinness, narrowness).
• Lugwere vanoti kitono (small, narrow, thin, few).
• Luganda vanoti ekitono (adv. less; few; small; little; tiny). Mamwe mazwi: obutono (n. pebble).
• VaTaabwa vanoti kutongola (v. Remove the kernels from an ear of corn with your thumb).