Mataka izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe, Tanzania neZambia. Vanhu vane zita iri: Tariro Mataka; Antoinette Mataka; Hussein Mataka; Kumbukani Mataka. 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. Sangho vanoti taka (n. first, original) kureva chekutanga. Mamwe mazwi: takando (n. prehistoric world, prehistory). Kikongo inoti taka, takanisa (n. to arrange together with due attention to height, size or quality, all of one kind together).