Tekere izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vane zita iri: Daniel Tekere; Takunda Tekere; Nelson Tekere; Edgar Tekere aiva nhengo yeZanu-PF. 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. MaZulu vanoti thekela (1. Solicit food from a friend in time of scarcity; 2. 2. Court danger or trouble). Mamwe mazwi: umthekeli (1. One who solicits food). VaGwere vanoti kitekere (n. clan) vachireva dzinza. VaNyole vanoti ehitehere (n. place; location) vachireva nzvimbo. Djimini vanoti tegere (n. reign; 2. chiefdom; 3. authority). Mamwe mazwi: tegere pyege (n. exercise of power). VaKabwa vanoti eritekere (n. type of tomato). Pular vanoti tekkere (n. pad consisting of a cloth wound and used to carry a burden on the head) kureva hata.