Kurima

Kurima(farming) zvinoreva mabasa anoitwa kuchengeta mhuka dzakapfuyiwa uye kudyara nekukohwa mbesa. Kurima kunosanganisira kukama mukaka wemhukadzakapfuyiwa, kucheka vhudzi remhuka dzakadai sehwayi;kusarura mukono unoberekesa nzvari; kusarurambeudzakanaka dzokudyara zvichingodaro.

Munyika zhinji dzeAfricakurima ndihwohushangazhihune vanhu vakanyanya kuwanda vanoshandamo.

MuZimbabwevanhu vazhinji vari kumaruwavanoita mabasa ekurima. Vazhinji vanopfuya mhuka dzinosanganisiramombe;mbudzi;hwayi;huku;njiva;hanga;nguruvenedzimwewo. Kuminda vanodyara mbeu dzinosanganisira;chibage;donje;fodya;nzungu;nyimo;mbambairanezvimwewo.

Madzinde anorimwa muvhu achizokohwewa kuti adyiwe kana kushandiswa nevanhu anonzimbesa-crop of any kind.Panodyarurwafodyakana muriwo, madzinde acho madiki ari kudyarurwa anonzimbesanwakana kutinhondo.

Kurerutsa Mutauro

• Kurima(to till, to plough) apa kureva kutimba negejo.
• Ndimo(Agriculture; ploughing season; fields).
• Kuparurakanakutsivira(to make ridges) zvinoreva kuvamba kurimagombokugadzirira kudyarambambaira.
• Kusevura,kuparura,kanakuseza(to clear land for planting a garden).Musezaizita remhuri.
• Nhondodzefodya dzinosimwa pamihomba. Apakusimakunoreva kudyara chinhu changa chamera uchisima paunoda kuti chizokurira.
• Kusimikakanakudzimika(to plant firmly).
• Kukuta(to break up clods) apa zvichireva kupwanya mavhinga.
• Kukavira(to plant seeds which are not broadcast e.g. beans and maize) kutaura kudyara mbeu nenzira yekukandira mukakomba uchifushira nevhu rinokavirwa mukakomba makare - iyi naira yasiyana nekukusha.
• Gwerekwetekanamagwerekwete(Good farmer) kureva murimi anogona kurima.
• Mudzongwa(1. Planting in rainy season, 2. Crop sown in rainy season). Vanodzongera mudzongwa pamunhuruka: they plough the rainy-season crops into the ground at the first rains.
• Kubvukuta(cultivate and sow at same time).
• Kuchacha(clear old lands). Zvichida ndipo panobva zita rokutiMachacha?

Tsumo

• Anokuti rimaatiudye. He who tells you to plough wants you to eat.

Mitauro yeBantu

• MaXhosavanotiumfuyi(n. farmer) kurevamurimi.
• VaYaovanotikusimika(to fix upright in the ground) kurevakudzimika.