Dambo

Dambo kana madambo pakuwanda (1. Open, level stretch of land generally with fertile soil).

• Vamwe vanoti dambo mupata uri pakati pemakomo (Valley between hills).

Mitauro yeBantu

• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dambo (a grass covered plain; a watery marsh).
• Mang'anja vanoti dambo (a grass covered plain without trees; open glades in the bush - the soil seems more clayey, the grass is luxuriant).
• VaSwahili vanoti mdambi (savannah, grassland; bot. heather).
• VaBemba vanoti nika (n. plain) kureva dambo.