Mpala izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 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. VaChewa vanoti mpala, zimpala kana bwalo (court of law). Mang'anja vanoti mpala (head village). Mamwe mazwi: umpala (citizenship). VaChewa vanoti mpala (an antelope) zvichida imhara iri kurehwa. Nsenga vanoti mpala (n. an unmarried man; bachelor), murume asina kuroora. Kongo vanoti mpala (n. Rival) kureva mugombedzani. Barotse vanoti mpala (n. circumcised penis) kana wa mpala (circumcised person).