Zai

Zai (Egg in English) chidemhe chinotakura mwana nechikafu chemwana mumhuka dzinokandira mazai dzinoti: shiri; garwe; rwavhi ndezimwewo.

Pakati pezai rehuku pane mondo, chapfudu kana kuti tsinda (yolk) ine ruvara rwe yellow. Madimbu

• Gekenya kana kuti makekenya (1. Egg-shell. 2. Scale of fish) apa kureva gwande kana gwati rezai. Vamwe vanoti demhe kana kuti deko.

Tsumo

• Regai dzive shiri mazai haana muto. Apa kureva kuti vimwe vinhu vinoda kuregwa zvikure kusvika pazvichatanga kuberekawo, sehuku ichazokandira mazai pakupedzesera igozodyiwa nyama.
• Wadya zai wadya nhiyo yacho. One who eats the egg also eats the chick.
• Doonya mazai matatu ukange mupoto iri pachoto. Kudoonya zvinoreva kuvhura zai nenzira yekurirovanisa zvishomane nechipunu, foko, banga kana mumwe mudziyo.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaChewa vanoti zira kana mazira (an egg) or eggs. Barotse vanoti lwenge (n. white of an egg). VaWabo vanoti nzayi (n. egg) kureva zai.
• Venda vanoti gumba kana makumba (n. egg) kureva zai. Kimbundu vanoti ukundu (n. yellow; the egg yolk). Nyungwe vanoti mnenga (n. egg yolk) kureva mondo.
• Kikuyu vanoti matumbi kureva mazai. Kiembu vanoti makome kureva mazai. Kimenti vanoti nkara kureva mazai.
• VaSangho vanoti dapara (n. egg pocket; ovary). Mamwe mazwi: para (n. egg) kureva zai.