Kwembeya 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. VaYao vanoti kukwemba (to suck out, to smoke) kureva kukweva kana kusvuta. Mamwe mazwi: kukwembeka (able to be sucked out or to be smoked) kureva kukweveka kana kusvutika. MaZulu vanoti amkhwembe (Crooked, bent object e.g. bandy legs). Mamwe mazwi: isikhwembe (Person with bandy legs or crooked arms).