Gappah izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vane zita iri: Petina Gappah. 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. Mambwe vanoti kukapa (to be impudent, insolent). VaMambwe vanoti kukapila (to dare, to be bold). VaTege vanoti kapà (n. shell, bark) kureva goko. MaZulu vanoti khapa (v. Take out, lead forth ; see off, guide.) kureva kuburitsa. Sokuti: ukukhapha izihambi (to see visitors off) kuburitsa kana kuperekedza vaenzi. MaZulu vanoti khapa (v. Push violently) vachireva kusandudzira nesimba. Mamwe mazwi: khapana (v. Guide one another, 2. Push one another). MaZulu vanoti amakhaphanyongo (n. Species of herb with composite flowers, Melanthera Brownii. Lit. what drives away gall) vachireva gwenzi radomwa. Gapa (a family name) izita remhuri. Nyamukapa (a family name) izita remhuri.