Mabaya sezita

Mabaya izita rinowanikwa muZimbabwe.

• Baya kana mabaya (Uncongenial task).

Tsumo

• Mubayi wetsumo anowana zvaanoda. One who applies proverbs gets what he wants.

Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mime mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano.

• VaSwahili vanoti baya (bad, evil, wicked). Sokuti mtu baya - munhu akaipa; chakula kibaya - chokudya chakaipa.
• VaSwahili vanoti mabaya (1. badness, spitefulness, wickedness, malice; 2. bitterness, embitterment).
• Vatauri veSwahili vanoti baa kana mabaa (reprobate).