Chaukura izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vane zita iri: Peter Chaukura, Clifford Chaukura. 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 wuku (ideophone of nonsense, stupid talk. 2. of slapping) inyaudzosingwi inodudza kuukura kutaura. MaZulu vanoti amawukuwuku (n. empty talk nonsense). MaZulu vanoti isiwukulu (n. Dumb, idiotic person). MaZulu vanoti wukuza (v. Talk nonsense ; think stupidly). VaMambwe vanoti muukulo (the power of foreseeing the future) kureva simba rekuvuka. VaMaconde vanoti kuuka (v. to go). VaGiryama vanoti ku-uka (v. to go from, to go away) kubva panzvimbo. VaZigula vanoti kuukula (v. to confess, acknowledge, admit). Zivuku naZivuka (family names) mazita emhuri.