Dzvinyu

Dzvinyu (Lizard in English) imhuka yemusango inokambaira pasi. Mhuka iyi ine makumbo mapfupi nemuviri wakareba nemuskwe murefu. Iri muboka remhuka dzinokambaira.

Mamwe mazwi anoreva dzvinyu anoti: mukotyo kana gondyo.

• Nyakotyo izita remhuri.
• Chidhenene kana chidenene (general name for a creature with short legs that walks on its belly e.g. lizard).

Tsumo

• Dzvinyu kuzamba zuva huona bako.
• Dzvinyu kuzambira zuva huona mwena.
• Zvakanakira guvadombo ngemukadzi havazivani makwati. It is good for a rock lizard and his wife not to noticeeach other's scales.
• Zvakanakira gwavava nomukadzi wake mubako nokuti hakuna anoziva mumwe kuti ane makwati. It is good for a rock lizard and his wife to be in a cave because neither notices the scales of the other.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaYao vanoti nampopo (lizard) vachireva dzvinyu. Ko nyampopo?
• Baila vanoti intombela (n. lizard) kureva dzvinyu.
• VaNande vanoti ekíhangala (n. lizard) kureva dzvinyu.
• Chuwabo vanoti munturuza (n. lizard) kureva dzvinyu.