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Mupaka (until, as far as; border?) zvinoreva zvinodudza kuitwa chinhu kudakara pari kuvavarirwa kana pachadomwa pasvika. Nokumwe kutaura tingati kudzingara, kudzamara kana kudzimara.
Kurerutsa Mutauro[chinja | edit source]
- Vakararofamba mupaka vasvika kuMutungagore.
- Sekuru vakanga vachinamata mupaka kufa.
Mitauro yeBantu[chinja | edit source]
- VaYao neVaSwahili vanoti mpaka (until, as far as) kureva mupaka. VaGwere vanoti paka (until). VaKagulu vanoti mhaka (border, boundary) kureva muganhu.
- VaMambwe neVaBemba vanoti mupaka (n. border, boundary). VaShambala vanoti muhaka (n. limit) kureva mucheto - vanoisa h patinoisa p.
- VaDigo vanoti phaka (to demarcate an area, to survey, e.g. to mark the dimensions of a house on the ground before digging the foundation, to indicate a boundary).
- MaZulu vanoti umkhawuko kana umkhawulo (Boundary, end, terminus; limit; cessation).
- VaZigula vanoti kuhakana (border on/with; bordering) kureva kuganhurana kana kupakana. Sokuti: Kenya ihakana na Tanzaniya (Kenya borders on Tanzania).