Sura

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Kusura (farting in English) chiitiko chokunge munhu achiburitsa mweya nekumashure kunobuda nedhodhi; mweya uyu unobuda uchinhuhwa.

Mitauro yeBantu

VaNyungwe vanoti pfudzi (v. fart) kusura. VaGulu vanoti ku-sulula (v. leak) kuduza. VaZigula vanoti kusula; kushula (break wind downwards).
VaLungu vanoti ukusula (to flatulate) kureva kusura. VaTaabwa vanoti kusyola (v. fart) kureva kusura.
Kirundi inoti gusura kana gusurira (to fart, to pass gas) zvichireva kusura.
Yao inoti kupwisa (to pass wind from the bowels) kureva kusura. Mamwe mazwi: chipwisa (emission of air from the bowel) kureva chisuro.
VaDigo vanoti pufula (to fart silently). MaZulu vanoti phunyuka (Pass wind) vachireva kupunyuka kwechisuro.
VaMaconde vanoti kudamba (v. fart) kureva kusura. Maconde inoti -sulula (v. drip, leak) kureva kuduza.
Mandinka inoti fuso (n. flatus - intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines).