Simbi

Matare, dare, utare kana simbi (metal) dzinoonekwa nokukwanisa:

• Kupambadzirwa kuita rata.
• Kuva nehukukutu zvichireva kuti dzakasimba.
• Kuwetsuka kuita waya kana utumbu (pipe paChirungu).
• Simbi zhinji dzinonyauka pahujoto hwakakwirira kudarika 500^oC.
• Kuva nehuduma hwakakwirira - kudarika 4000 ton/cubic metre.
• Mutobvu kana chumbu (lead the metal).

Zita rekuti simbi rinowanzo shandiswavo kureva steel kana iron (Fe). Dzimwe mhando dzesimbi dzino sanganisa mhangura, ndarama ne zeng'e.

• Kudinha kana kuredzva zvinoreva kurebenutsa simbi uchiirova nenyundo - lengthing iron by hammering. Mupfuri anodinhidza simbi: a blacksmith beats out iron.
• Mbudzimbembe (Pig iron) apa kureva iron ichangobva mubisiro isina kunatswa kuenda mberi.
• Kuhubunidza (Seek rare object, or one hard to find) zvichireva kufumha kana kufuna-funa. Akaenda kundohubunidza matombo matema kurwizi: he went to search for black stones in the river.

Simbi inopisa yeMupfuri.

Mipanda yeSimbi

• Simbi dzakaderera (Base metals, low priced e.g. Ni, Cu, Zn). Saka simbi dzeboka iri isimbi dzine mutengo wakaderera.
• Simbi dzeBoka reNdarama (Precious Metals).
• Simbi dzeRudarikira (Transition Metals).
• Simbi Nharangani, simbi hubunidzwa kana Simbi Shomekari (rare metals).
• Simbishungu (metalloids).

Mamwe Mazwi

• Kuhwatsa (to lower). Hwatsa rnsero kuti rukweza rurege kupupurutswa: hold the winnowing-basket less high in the air so that the grain will not be carried away by the wind.

Mitauro yeBantu

• Nyungwe inoti simbi kana marimba (v. refined or smelted iron) kureva simbi. Baila inoti chela (n. iron. contracted from chiela) vachireva ayoni.
• Bemba inoti nsimbi (flat iron) kureva simbi. VaMaconde inoti shitali (n. iron).
• Lenje inoti utali (iron) kureva utare. VaMambwe inoti mutale (n. iron ore) kureva utare.
• Lozi neVaNyoro dzinoti butale (n. iron ore or any kind of ore). Yao inoti mtapo (metal, iron ore).