Kufa (English dying, death) zvinoreva zvinoreva apo munhu anenge asisafemi, nyama yake isisina hupenyu yopinda pakuwora.

Mamwe Mazwi

• Rufu (funeral).
• Chifo.
• Mafo (waning).

Kurerutsa Mutauro

• Chifo (mortality, natural death). Akafa nechifo: he died a natural death.
• Kuembedzera (to comfort) izwi reChiNdau. Genesis 24:67, ...... Ndizvo Isaka wakaembedzerwa ngesure kwokufa kwamai ake. (Bhaibheri reChiNdau).

Tsumo

• Shungu neganyu zvinodzimba wotandadza asi chido chinomusimbisa. Grief and sighing hurt a person in agony while loving compassion strengthens him.
• Rufu haruna nzira. Death has no (defined) path.
• Kufa hakuna gwanza. Death has no path.*

Mitauro yeBantu

• VaGanda vanoti fa, takata kana taka (die, pass away) kureva kufa. Digo vanoti chifo kana mauti (death of a person) kureva rufu.
• VaDigo vanoti mbongo (unusually high mortality, a plague) kureva kufa kwakanyanya. VaNande vanoti erikanuka (v. to die suddenly) kureva kuyerekana wafa.
• Swahili vanoti kifo (death, dying, manner of death) kureva rufu kana rufu. Basotho vanoti lefu (death, dying).
• Maconde vanoti kuhwa (v. to die) vachireva kufa. Mamwe mazwi: chihwa (n. death) kureva rufu. Kimbundu vanoti fuá (death, dying) kureva kufa.