Govha izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vakakurumbira vane zita iri: Masimba Govha, Brighton Govha. 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. VaVenda vanoti govha kana magovha (n. valley) vachireva mupata werwizi. MaZulu vanoti khova (v. Stupefy, drug), kupusisa kana kudhakisa nema drug. Mamwe mazwi: ulukhovo (n. 1. Cause of collapse; drug. 2. Exhaustion, collapse) kureva chikorwa chinorukutisa. MaZulu vanoti ulukhovoyo (n. 1. Cause of collapse or stupefaction; drug. 2. Exhaustion, collapse, stupefaction) vachireva drug kana chinhu chinorukutisa. MaZulu vanoti khovoya (n. Stupefy, drug ; make exhausted, powerless ; cause to collapse). Muenzaniso: Umuthi umbulele wamkhovova (The medicine has done for him and stupefied him).