Kupurura

Kupurura (to strip off e.g. leaves from a bush).

• Kupuruzira (v. to caress; rub gently).

Mazwi eBantu

• VaTaabwa vanoti kupulula (to prune) vachireva kupurura.
• Yao inoti kupulula (to strip off - as leaves off a tree, or bead off a string).
• Zigula vanoti kuhulula (to reap rice or beans) kukohwa mupunga kana bhinzi.
• Maconde inoti pulula (strip off; harvest rice) kureva kupurura kana kukohwa mupunga.
• Zulu inoti phulula (Stroke; smooth, rub gently). Chuabo inoti okupulra (pluck feathers).
• MaZulu vanoti ukuphulula ikati (to stroke a cat) kureva kupuruzira katsi.
• Taabwa inoti kupulula kana kusopa (v. peel the grain; hull the grain) kureva kusvuura chibage.
• Kinande vanoti erihulula (harvest beans; loosen pods or seeds).
• VaChewa vanoti kupula (to take a pot off the fire, to take wax from honeycomb).