Nherera

Nherera (orphan) zvinoreva mwana akafirwa naAmai nababa. KuKalanga vanoti sianwa

• Tsuro (orphan) izwi rinoreva nherera zvichitaurwa kuChiManyika.

Zvirevo

• Nherera inoguta musi wafa mai. An orphan gets plenty on the day his mother dies. Apa zvinorevawo kuti nherera iyi inoguta nemashoko ekuraiwa musi wafa mai vayo.
• Kusesedza mwana wenherera kumubereka kumusana. In order to guide an orphan one has to carry him on the back.
• Nherera ngeisina muredzi ine muredzi inodya ichisiya. An orphan is somebody without a guardian, but if he has a guardian he has enough to eat.
• Panotamba machinda nherera sinyungwe. Where the sons (of a chief) are dancing, an orphan should keep in the background.

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaDigo vanoti mwanachiya (n. orphan, motherless fatherless) kureva nherera. VaWabo vanoti mpawi kureva nherera.
• VaLozi vanoti masiye (n. orphan, motherless fatherless) kureva nherera. VaLozi vanoti likuzana kana kuzana (n. orphan) kureva nherera?
• MaZulu vanoti umthelela (n. 1. Anything additional; reinforcement, auxiliary. 2. Subdivision, portion; offspring).
• Nsenga vanoti ndelela (n. a bastard, one born out of wedlock).