Hugwara

Hugwara, hutyutyu kana humbwende (cowardice) zvinoreva kutya kwakanyanya.

• Bepu (Cowardice; being a coward) zvichireva humbwende. Nyabepu izita remhuri.
• Gwara (coward, craven) kureva mbwende kana munhu anotya.
• Dzeketembwe kana madzeketembwe (n. Warrior reluctant to fight).

Tsumo

• Mbwende haina vanga. A coward has no scar.
• Kutya hakuna gobvu. The fearful has no scar. (gobvu: scar)
• Mvura inoshinyira ngeiri pazambuko. The most threatening floods are those at a ford.
• Rugarahomba harugari murume mutyi. A daring kind of life cannot be adopted by a coward.

Mitauro yeBantu

• AmaZulu vanoti gwala kana amagwala (coward, craven) kureva gwara.
• AmaZulu vanoti ubugwala (cowardice) kureva hugwara.
• MaXhosa vanoti ukugwala (to act cowardly) kureva kuita hugwara.