Kuruma

Kuruma (to bite) zvinoreva kumbanidkira chidyo kana chimwewo chinhu pakati pemazino.

Zvirevo

• Kurumwa nechekuchera (to be bitten by that which you seek)/(refer to it as shooting oneself in the feet), zvinoreva kukuvadzwa nechinhu chawakazvitsvagira.
• Hwoni hwenyoka kuruma chaisingadyi. It is the malice of a snake to bite that which it will not eat.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaTonga vanoti syuta (n. to bite) kureva kuruma. Fananidzai nokuti kusvuta fodya.
• VaKimwani neBarawani vanoti kuluma (to bite) kureva kuruma.
• VaPokomo vanoti -muma (bite) kureva kuruma.
• Kinande vanoti obulumi (n. suffering) kureva kutambura.