Kufumira

Kufumira kana kufuma (to wake up very early in the morning).

Tsumo

• Murume kufuma kubuda mumba kutumirira muromo. If a man leaves the house he wants to convey a message.
• Chirume kufumira pachimwe, kumuromo chakatakura. A man visiting another early in the morning must be (eager) to talk.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaTonga neBaila vanoti kufuma (to be early astir; get up early; to start early on a journey) vachireva kufumira.
• Baila neVaLenje vanoti chifumo (early in the morning) vachireva chifumo. Ngala vanoti mbangu (adv. early).
• VaNyungwe vanoti kubesera kana kubeseraka (to wake up early) kureva kumukira.
• VaNyungwe vanoti bese (ideophone that means - to wake up early, to be at dawn) inyaudzosingwi inoreva kumukira.