Vambe izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Zita iri rinokwanisa kureva muvambi. Vanhu vane zita iri: Lawrence Vambe akadzidza paKutama Mission akazova mutungamiri wemabhizinesi. Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano. Mang'anja vanoti chivamba, chiwamba, chifamba kana chifwamba (a predatory or slave trade or piratical war: nkondo ya chivamba; man-stealing). VaGwere vanoti kuwamba (capture, take captive) vachireva kubata nhapwa. VaGwere vanoti buwambe (captivity) kureva hutapwa. VaBukusu vanoti búu.aambe (n. captivity), hutapwa. Mamwe mazwi: omu.aambe (n. captive; prisoner) inhapwa. Khuuaamba (seize, catch, grasp, hold, take captives). VaBukusu vanoti síi.aambe (n. s.t. impounded, or taken and held without permission, loot, prize). VaSwahili vanoti wambe (dust from threshing/winnowing grain). VaTsonga vanoti vambe (n. foreign; other). Chivambe sezita remhuri. Vanhu vane zita iri: Albertina Chivambe;