Kufema

Kufema chiitiko chinokonzera mweya kupinda nokubuda mumapapu.

• Chifemo kana mafemo (breath) zvinoreva mweya unobuda nokupinda kana munhu achifema.
• Kufemedzeka kana kufemereka (to be out of breath; to breathe pantingly).
• Kukanhaira kana kukanyaira (Pant) zvichireva kufemereka.
• Kubefura (Breathe out).
• Kutura befu kana kubefura zvinoreva kufemera kunze - asi rinonyanya kuturwa munhu paanofemera kunze nenzira inonzi sighing kuEnglish.
• Kubefera (breath in) zvichireva kufemera mukati - iri izwi hariko kuShona yemazuvaose asi ranyorwa pano kuedza kupfupisa matauriro.
• Kufenga (draw in one's breath).

Mitauro yeBantu

• MaZulu vanoti amaphefu (A breather, respite, rest for breathing) kureva kutura befu.
• MaZulu vanoti phefumula (breathe) vachireva kufema. Mamwe mazwi: umphefumulo (n. breath, life, soul).
• VaZigula vanoti kuhema (breathe) kureva kufema. Mamwe mazwi: kuhemera (breath on) kureva kufemera. Mpumuzi (n. breath) kureva mafemo.
• VaTiriki vanoti khuheera (n. breathe) kureva kufema. VaTsonga vanoti hefemula (breath, breathe) kureva kufema.
• Yao inoti kupumula (to breath; to rest) kureva kufema kana kuzorora. VaYao vanoti kupumasika (to breath heavily) kureva kufema zvakanyanya.
• Olunyaneka inoti okufima (n. breathe) kureva kufema.