- Kufukaidza,kufukamira kanakufukaira (1. Flood, 2. Innundate,3. Cover with water) mazwi anoreva kutimvura yazara pamusoro penyika seguwe kanamafashamo. Vamwe vatauri vanoti kufukanyira.
- Mumazuva aNoah, mvura yakafukamira nyika yose: In the days of Noah flood water covered the whole earth.
- Rwizi rwafashamira: the river is overflowing.
- Chewa vanotilowe (a wet place in the ground) kurevamurove.
- Umbundu vanotimalilima (sound of rushing water or of the wind) kureva kuririma.
- Yao vanotililima (to make a roaring sound as water in a rocky stream, or a bush fire) kuririma semapopoma.
- Zulu vanotithantala (ideo. of 1. flooding, overflowing).Umfula usuthe thantala emasimini (The river has now flooded over the fields).
- MaZulu vanotithantala (of spreading out as a sheet (of a stretch of water). Mamwe mazwi:umthantala (Sheet of water as of a lake or bay).
- Venda vanoti-dala (v. be plentiful; become full; flood). Mamwe mazwi:mudalo (n. flood).
