Kapandira izita rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Mamwe mazita ari pedyo: Mupandiri, Mupandira, Mupandi naMupando. Tarisai chinyorwa chinonzi mbeu. 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. Swahili vanoti mpando (1. act, time, method of planting, sowing. 2. row of plants. 3. furrow, bed). Xilenge vanoti payela (v. dig & plant at the same time). VaSwahili vanoti mpanda, mpandaji, mpaneli, mpanzi (planter, sower) kureva uyo anodyaira kana mudyari. VaSwahili vanoti panda kana pandika (sow, plant; grow, raise plants). VaSwahili]] vanoti pandikiza (plant out, transplant seedlings). VaLozi vanoti panda (prepare medicine - drug, charm, poison). Mamwe mazwi: pandila (use drugs for or against; apply medicine or bandage).