Tarisai futi: Mwenemutapa Mwenemutapa (Chingezi: King of the mines; owner of the mines; Chiputukezi: Monomotapa) Ushe hwaivako makare-kare hwaibatanidza matunhu ari muZimbabwe, Zambia,Mozambiki ne Chamhembe cheAfurika. Shoko reChiputukezi rekuti Monomotapa raive shanduro ye dumidzo re umambo rechiAfurika rekuti Mwenemutapa raka kumashoko maviri Mwene (zvichireva kuti Owner - rinoshandiswa kumirira Emperor, Mambo kana She), uye Mutapa (zvichireva kuti Ivhu, Mugodhi). Nguva ichienda zita iri rakazopiwa kuUmambo hwese, uye rakashandiswa kuziva nzvimbo ye Umambo hwacho pa mepu. "Owner of mines" kana "King of the mines" "prince of mines" Iro shoko rekuti Mwenemutapa harizi zita remunhu kana mutongi mumwe chete, idumidzo. .....For those who may not be conversant with the Shona language, ‘Mwene’ means ‘owner’ as in ‘Mwene wazvo’. ‘Mutapa’ means ‘Miner’. It comes from the word ‘matope’ which means mud or ‘mutape’ which means clay. Both ‘mutape’ and ‘matope’ are associated with playing with mud as in alluvial gold panning.