Chitapa izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Rimwe zita ringatodzana iri rinonzi Nhapi. Vanhu vane zita iri: Dr Cleopas Chitapa; Ngonidzashe Chitapa; Tawanda Chitapa. 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. Herero vanoti tapa (v. come from far). Mamwe mazwi: tapa fetch honey from deep hole in a rock) kureva kutapa huchi. VaFwe vanoti ci-tapa (garden at the river or floodplain) vachireva bindu riri pedyo nerwizi. VaMambwe vanoti mutapa (n. a negligent, careless person). VaYao neVaMaconde vanoti kutapa (to boast; to pride one's self in anything) kureva kuganza. VaYao vanoti kutenda matapa (to boast one's self in anything) vachireva kuganza. Barotse vanoti litapa kana matapa (n. insult. abuse, very offensive language). (from: -tapula). Barotse vanoti sitapa (n. low ground near the river where maize is cultivated before the flood).