In a number of languages brothers and sisters of the same mother are grouped under a single term, meaning siblings of the same maternal line.
Swirho swa rixaka rin'we aswi se tshama swifambelanisiwa na xiharhi xin'we, kumbe kuva lava fambelanisiwaka na xiharhi xokarhi vava vari swirho swa rixaka rin'we.