Chihiya 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. MaZulu vanoti ilihiya (Food made of crushed corn mixed with pumpkin or sweet-potatoes and boiled to a porridge; 2. Gruel. 3. Intoxicating drink made from maize). MaZulu vanoti isihiya (1. Mixture of pumpkin or mashed sweet-potato with crushed corn; 2. Gruel.).