Chitaka kana chiropa (Liver in English) inhengo yakakosha yemuviri inowanikwa pamhuka dzine muzongoza nedziwewo ndudzi dzemhuka. Nhengo iyi inemabasa akawanda anosanganisira:
- Kubvisa tsvina inenge yakatakurwa neropa kubva mumuviri.
- Kuumba protein.
- Kugadzira mishonga inodikanwa pakuwotesa chikafu.
Chitaka chinotodiwa kuti munhu ararame, pari zvino hakuna nzira yokutsiva kusavepo kwechitaka kwenguva yakareba. Kusukwa kweropa muChipatara kunochenesa ropa kwenguva pfupi.
Mamwe Mazwi
- Chitaka (Strong material) vachireva nhumbi yakasimba.
Mitauro yeBantu
- Nyungwe inoti ciropa (liver) kureva chitaka.
- Luwanga inoti eshitakhalira (liver) kureva chitaka.
- Luganda inoti ekitaka (n. brown. The liver is reddish-brown in colour) kureva bhurauni.
- Runyambo inoti citaka (adj. brown) kureva brauni.
- Taabwa vanoti kutakasa (purify, refine, filter) kureva kuchenesa - iri ndiro basa rechitaka.
