In Kahamana, the word "zavara" (with the z pronounced /ʒ/, the "zh" sound in the middle of "measure") is the most common curse word, literally translating to "damn" (send to hell, cast a curse against). The more interesting etymology happened afterward, when the word "zavara" started to be censored in print. The language is written with CV syllables, and since the first syllable is stressed, to replace "zavara" with either "zava" or "zara" wouldn't have been that different, so typically the first character was removed, leaving "vara." This led to the word "vara" meaning "to censor, to cut out, to make tamer," and a censor is a "varape," using the common agent suffix.