Kutsanya
Kuzira kana kutsanya zvinoreva kumborega kutora zvidyo munhu achipinda panguva yokunamata.
Mitauro yeBantu
[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]- VaLenje neGiryama vanoti kuzira (abstain from food, refuse to eat) vachireva kuzira. Kimbundu vanoti -jila (v. to fast) kureva kuzira.
- Giryama vanoti kuzira chakurya (v. to fast from food). Mamwe mazwi: maziro (v. fastings) kutsanya kazhinji. Taabwa vanoti kuzila kureva kuzira.
- MaZulu vanoti zila (Fast, abstain; avoid). Mamwe mazwi: ukuzila ukudla (to abstain from food) vachireva kutsanya. Umzilanyoni (lit. what the bird avoids).