Mataranyika izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vane zita iri: Trevor Mataranyika; Ruramai Mataranyika; Tanaka Mataranyika; William Mataranyika maneja kuHigherlife Foundation. 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. VaGungu vanoti kutara (v. start building a house or any other structure or building). VaGikuyu vanoti kotara kana kutara (to enumerate; to count). VaGikuyu vanoti otari (enumeration). VaGiryama vanoti kutala (v. to number; to add up, to count). Mamwe mazwi: mutalo (n. a reckoning). Talo (n. counting, number). VaGwere vanoti butaala ( n. freedom; state of being free, i.e. not confined or restrained). Digo neShambala vanoti nyika (n. hinterland, wilderness, desolate region) kureva sango.