Tsanga dzeMbeu

Tsanga (single grain) zvinoreva mhodzi imwe yechibage, gorosi kana imwe mbeu. Vamwe vatauri vanoti mhuuze kureva tsanga diki dzinenge zviyo.

Mazwi eBantu

• Mururimi rweYao vanoti lunyilili (small grains of any substance, such as sand or gunpowder).

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaFwe vanoti bweke (n. grain) zvichireva tsanga. VaChewa vanoti njele (n. A single grain or seed of any sort).
• MaZulu vanoti isilongotsha kana izilongotsha (n. a small particle, mote, grain).
• MaZulu vanoti uluhlamvu kana izihlamvu (n. 1. Single grain, berry, pip, stone of fruit; 2. Coin, or small body of similar kind; single separate particle).
• MaZulu vanoti uluhlamvu kana izihlamvu (3. A single word, saying, sentence, syllable, detail, point of an affair).