Nwiwa

Nwiwa (watermelon in English) muchero unowanikwa musango kana kuti uchirimwa pamusha. Nwiwa kana kuti vise muchero unonzi wakabva kuno kuchamhembe kweAfrica ukazopararira Pasirose. Manwiwa anorimwa muminda pamwe nechibage nemanhanga.

• Jeza (immature watermelon) apa kureva nwiwa risati rasvika.
• Mhudzi (seeds of melon species).
• Izwi rokuti mpale (dried strips of melon) rinotaurwa kuKalanga richireva mbadzi dzenwiwa dzakawomeswa kana kufushwa.

Mamwe Mazwi

• Kanyachi kana kiwani (Red-fleshed variety of cattle melon).
• Chingenyama (Red-fleshed variety watermelon).

Mazwi eBantu

• BaKalanga vanoti phudzi (seeds of melon species) vachireva mhudzi.
• Mururimi rweChewa vanoti mavemve kana matikiti (to melon) kureva manwiwa.
• VaNyungwe vanoti bvembe kana mabvembe (watermelon) kureva nwiwa.