Mudiwa

Mudiwa (beloved, darling, sweetheart) zvinoreva munhu waunoda. Shoko iri rinonyanyo taurwa pakati pamunhurume nemunhukadzi vanodanana.

Mamwe Mazwi

• Rudo (love).
• Chido (desire).
• Chishuvo.

Mazwi eBantu

• Kinyarwanda inoti urukundo (love). Shambala inoti kukundana (to like each other).
• Kiikizu inoti ubhwenzi (mutual love, congeniality). Lozi inoti mulatiwa (n. beloved) kureva mudiwa.
• Swahili inoti upendano (mutual love, congeniality). Mamwe mazwi: mpenzi (lover, beloved) kureva mudiwa.
• VaKongo vanoti zolana (n. mutual love or affection) kureva kudanana kana kushuvana.
• VaKongo vanoti nzolwa (the beloved) kureva mudiwa kana mudikani.
• VaKongo vanoti luzolo (kindly feeling, benevolence, right feeling towards, faithfulness in service or friendship; great desire, and so aim, purpose, will).
• Bemba inoti umutemwika (beloved) kureva mudiwa. VaUmbundu vanoti ocisola (n. love) kureva rudo.