Kutuma (to send, commission) zvinoreva kurayira munhu kuti aite basa rinenge rataurwa kana kunda kwarehwa. Kazhinji munhu mukuru ndiye anotuma mudiki.

• Mazwi ari pedyo: mutumwa; mutumwa.

Mitauro yeAfrika

• Kihaya inoti okutuma (to send someone) kureva kutuma. VaHerero vanoti tuma (to send someone) kureva kutuma.
• Kinyarwanda inoti gutuma (cause to do). Kikuyu inoti kotuma (v. to depute; to dispatch) vachireva kutuma.
• Uyo Ibibio vanoti utom (work, errand, message).
• Kikongo inoti tuma (to send, comission, dispatch, depute, order, bid, command, direct or instruct a person; order to go).
• Kikongo inoti lutumu (n. message). Kikongo inoti uruma (v. send; delegate).
• VaMambwe vanoti -koma (to withstand, endure, to be stubborn, obstinate, indocile) - zvichida vanureva kukoma pakutumwa.
• BaRonga vanoti kuzruma (v. send) vachireva kutuma. Mamwe mazwi: muzrumi (n. one who sends) kureva mutumi.