Chihobo izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vane zita iri: Tendai Chihobo. 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 isihobo (ideophone of gaping open, cutting open.) inyaudzosingwi inodudza zigomba rakashama. MaZulu vanoti isihobo kana izihobo (n. Large, gaping hole) vachireva zigomba rakashama. MaZulu vanoti isihobozi kana izihobozi (n. Large, gaping hole, wound or chasm) kureva zigomba rakashama kana chironda chakadzika. MaZulu vanoti uluhobozi kana izihobozi (Empty shell, skeleton) kureva mateko asina chinhu kana marangwanda.