Chirewa izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vane zita iri: Ephraim Chirewa; Tafadzwa Chirewa; Tafungwa Chirewa; Tsitsi Chirewa. 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. VaDigo neSagara vanoti kulewa (to get drunk) vachireva kudhakwa. Shimwali vanoti ulewa (to get drunk) vachireva kudhakwa. VaSwahili vanoti lewa (be drunk, stagger, reel). Mamwe mazwi: kileo (v.i. 1. intoxication, 2. intoxicating beverage). Lewasha (make someone drunk). VaGulu vanoti ku-lewa (to fight) kureva kurwa. Mamwe mazwi: ku-lewana (to fight together). Nyanja vanoti kulewa (v. to shun by staring to one side). Sangho vanoti lewa (n. flame; embers).