“Kuti tya kurira kunoita tyava kana kuti huni dziri kuvhunwa.”

“To be startled by a loud noise or when wood is being broken. Kuti tya kubaya kunoita mabayo muchipfuva chemunhu.”

“To be startled by a stabbing pain in one's chest. Kana munhu akati tya anenge akarara hope dzakasimba kwazvo.”

“If a person is in a deep sleep, they are said to be tya.”