Uma kukhulunywa ngokuqinisa nokuvikela izakhi ezinhlelweni ezahlukahlukene zemishini nezimboni, izikhonkwane zasentwasahlobo zidlala indima ebalulekile. Lezi zingxenye ezincane kodwa ezinamandla ziza ngezinhlobo ezahlukene, ngayinye yakhelwe ukufeza izinhloso ezithile. Kulo mhlahlandlela obanzi, sizongena emhlabeni wezikhonkwane zasentwasahlobo, sigxile ezinhlotsheni ezintathu eziyinhloko: ezigoqiwe, eziboshiwe, namazinyo.