Mhiripiri

Mhiripiri kana chitoronga (Chillies) idzinde rinobereka muchero unovava unoshandiswa kurunga usavi. Mhiripiri inoita ruvara rwutsvuku kana ichinge yaibva. Nyika yeIndia inodyiwa mhiripiri zvakanyanya.

Muno muAfrica nyika dziri kumadokero dzinoti Senegal, neSiera Leone dzinoshandisa mhiripiri pakubika zvakanyanya.

• Toronga (pepper) dzinokura pamutoronga.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaKabwa vanoti ewarare (n. hot pepper) kureva mhiripiri. VaZigula vanoti mphiripiri (n. hot pepper) vachireva mhiripiri.
• MaZulu vanoti mpili (ideophone of being red-splashed). Nsenga vanoti longwe (n. red pepper).
• MaZulu vanoti -mpilimpili (Bright with red colours; blood-stained). Muenzaniso: Utshani obumpilimpili kwaMzilikazi kureva - Uswa hwakati piriviri hwekwaMzilikazi.
• MaZulu vanoti impilimpili (Something sodden with blood or red paint; object bright with red colours).