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.

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.