Mutaviri izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vane zita iri: Kudzwai Mutaviri, Isaiah Mutaviri, Alex Mutaviri Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mime 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. VaSwahili vanoti mtabiri (1. one who reports - news, events 2. commentator. 3. prophet, soothsayer. 4. forecaster). VaGiryama vanoti ku-tawa (to loot, to plunder, to ravage). VaGiryama vanoti ku-a-tawira vitu zhao (v. to ravage a tribe or a district).