Mboma izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 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. VaKongo vanoti mboma (black python) kureva shato nhema. MaZulu vanoti imboma (Python or other thick-bodied snake) ishato kana rudzi rwenyoka hobvu. MaZulu vanoti imboma (Hippopotamus) kureva mvuu. Sangho vanoti mboma (n. kernel; pit of fruit, almond).