Rupote sezita

Rupote izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe.

• Vanhu vane zita iri: Joachim Rupote; Manuel Rupote; Khadijah Rupote.
• Bote, rupote kana mapote (Stout woven rope. Cincture, gird; cord) itambo yakarukwa inosungwa yakapotera muchiuno.

Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe 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.

• Nyanja inoti chipote (round string of beads worn around the neck legs, arms or waist) zvichireva bote. Apa kureva tambo ina kana kudarika dzinoposanidzwa dzotungwa chuma, mapote aya achizopfekwa muchiuno.
• Kikongo vanoti mpota (n. coil; a large coil). Sesotho inoti lebote kana mabote (n. wall) kureva madziro.
• KiKagulu inoti -bota (v. spin, twist). Nyanja inoti ku-pota (to go round & round) kureva kupoterera.
• Maconde inoti -pota kana -popota (v. twist, twine). Umbundu vanoti pota (spin).