Chipari

Tsika dzemarudzi mazhinji emuAfrica dzinotendera varume kuita barika, ringava barika revakadzi vane hukama kana vatorwa vasina hukama. Mune dzimwe nhambo kunowanikwa vakadzi mukoma nemunin'ina vakaroorwa nemurume mumwe; dzimwe nhambo tete nemuzukuru vanowanikwa vakaroorwa pamurume mumwe. Asi hazvaiwanikwa kuti amai nemwanasikana vanororwa pamurume mumwe - apa shoko rokuti mai riri kushandiswa richibatanidza vakoma nevanin'ina vaAmai nyakutumburura.

• Banda (First wife of chief) apa kureva mudzimai wekutanga waShe - mukadzi wekutanga akaroorwa naShe.
• Mudukutu, vahosi kana hosi mukadzi wekutanga.
• Mukaranga, machipiri kana bandakadzi mukadzi wechipiri pachipari.
• Varongo kana bunha (concubine).
• Gadzinyina uhu hukama huripo pakati pevakadzi vari pabarika - zvikurusei zvinetso neshanje dziripo hahukama uhu.
• Bondwe, vabondwe kana mabondwe (1. Substitute wife given to widower - chigadzamapfihwa, 2. Second wife who is the sister of the first wife. 3. Woman attendant e.g. at marriage).
• Mubondo kana vagota (Second and following wifes) zvinoreva mukadzi wepiri nevanotevera.

• Kudinginda (Lord it over others. Act in conceited and self-sufficient manner. 2. Feel at home).
• Anodinginda norugare: her well being makes her conceited.
• Vahosi vanodingindira varongo: the first wife lords it over the others.
• Nebunha rake raizwi Reuma, naro rakabara Thebha, Gahamu, Thahashi naMaakha; His concubine, whose name was Re’umah, bore children also: Tevach, Gacham, Tachash and Ma‘akhah. (Genesis 22:24 Bhaibheri reChiNdau).

• Nyungwe inoti m'kazi wacipali kureva mukadzi wechipiri pabarika. Mambwe vanoti - twala ma mpali kureva kuparika.
• Chewa vanoti mtsano (first wife in polygamy) kureva vahosi. ChiIbani vanoti bari (v. add) kureva kuwedzera.
• Luwanga inoti imbalikha (polygamy; jealously) kureva barika. Lubukusu inoti eembalikha kureva barika.
• Teke-Tege inoti kapàrì (n. part, partition) kureva chikamu. Gyeli inoti baala (repeat) - fananidzai nokuti barika?
• Lenje inoti mupali (n. 2nd or 3rd wife in polygamy), mukadzi wepiri kana wetatu pachipari. Herero vanoti vari, mbari, tuvari (n. two) kureva mbiri.
• Digo inoti pharika (to attach, to put in position, to secure, to fix). Zigula inoti mtala (n. polygamy) kureva chipari. Chewa inoti gulu (clan, family, race).
• Lenje inoti mulongo (n. number of individuals together; group; company, party, band, herd, flock) kureva bato kana boka.