Matereke izita rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. KuChiNdau vanoti tereka (toput pot on fire) zvichireva kugadza poto pamoto. 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. VaMakhuwa vanoti notereka kana anotereka pakuwanda (cook) vachireva munhu anobika. VaChewa neVaHerero vanoti tereka (boil, to set pot on the fire) kureva kufashaidza. Tereka onyama (boil the meat). Kimbundu neUmbundu vanoti teleka (cook by boiling). VaVenda vanoti -tereka (v. strike. From Afrikaans terk). VaRundi vanoti gutereka (put a thing in its certain place; put on the ground; to move something to another place). VaKongo neLenje vanoti teleka (to set a pot on fire, to boil water) vachireva kugadza poto pamoto.