Mhuri

Shoko rokuti mhuri (family in English) rinoreva vanhu vane ukama hweropa vanoti: baba, amai; vana vavo; sekuru naambuya vakabereka baba; vakoma nevanin'ina vababa; hanzvadzi dzababa zvichingodaro.

Vanhu vemhuri imwe vanowanza kunge vachishandisa zita remhuri rakafanana. MuZimbabwe vanhu vemhuri imwe vane mutupo wakafanana.

Mhuri yakakura inotaurwa ichinzi buri.

• Nhundu (A family and its belongings) apa kureva mhuri nenhumbi dzayo. KuChiChewa mtundu zvinoreva kind, tribe.
• Mubereki kana mubari munch angava murume kana mukadzi akabereka mwana.
• Dungwe (whole lineage from first ancestor until now).
• Mapanze kana mabvumwa (quickness of human growth). Zvichida ndipo panobva zita rokuti Mapanzure.

Tsika

Govero kana magovero (1. Family name; 2. Stock of common descent). Zita rake rokuzvarwa regovero ndiMudzingwa: his chidao is Mudzingwa.

• Gotwe, rugotwe kana chigumisirwa zvinoreva mwana akapedzesera kuzvarwa mumhuri.
• Dangwe ndiye mwana akatanga kuzvarwa mumhuri.
• Muzari (eldest son; any son of king) apa kureva chero upi mwanakomana wamambo.