Tsvimborume

Tsvimborume kana svimborume : izwi rinoreva murume anenge asina mukadzi

• Pfunda (bachelor) kureva murume ave zera rokuroora asi asati aroora.
• Tsvimborume hora (old bachelor; senior bachelor) kureva murume akura zvakanyanya asati aroora.

Tsumo

• Pfunda chenga urarami, hama dzife ugogara nhaka. A bachelor should seek a long life; when relatives die he will inherit (a wife).
• Madanha etsvimborume, kudya yawarira. It is a bachelor's longing to eat after preparing his sleeping place.
• Mwoyochena wei, tsvimborume kubvisa mwana wemvana madzihwa?
• Tsvimborume kutenga duri kuona mashoko kunaka. A bachelor is buying a mortar (because) he is doing well in his love affairs.
• Inhamo zvayo, tsvimborume kuveza duri seine mukadzi.
• Tsvimborume haina mugoni inotuka waipa masese.
• Tsvimborume kutandara nemvana mwoyo uri kumhandara.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaLenje vanoti mushike (Widow; widower) kureva munhu akafirwa nemukadzi kana murume wake.
• BaKalanga vanoti buhwola (position of seniority; adulthood) vachireva husharukwa hwemunhu.
• BaKalanga vanoti hola (elder, grown-up, senior) vachireva munhu musharukwa.