Sambo izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe; iri izita reChewa. Rusambo kana kuti tsambo or shambo runorukwa zvakanakisa nehuswa hunyoro rwoshandiswa seshongedzo. Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mime 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. Mururimi rweYao vanoti samba (small brass wire). Vatauri veUmbundu vanoti olusambo (wire). Vatauri veNyiha vanoti sambo (thin bands made of the tail hairs of giraffes bound with fine iron or copper wire). VaNgala vanoti sambo (seven) kureva nomwe.