Makota izita rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Makota (councillor, minister) zvinoreva sadare ari mumiriri wedunhu. Vanhu vane zita iri: Jacob Makota; Esau Makota; Mutsa Makota; Gillian Makota. 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. VaTsonga vanoti kota (n. manager) kureva maneja. Sangho vanoti kota (big, large, enormous, important, superior) kureva huru. Mamwe mazwi: kota zo (n. dignitary, elder, important person). Kimbundu vanoti makota (n. advisors, ministers; elders). Mamwe mazwi: makota (n. bigger, main, superior, major, head) kureva chikuru. Swahili vanoti kota kana makota (a type of millet chewed like sugar-cane) kureva ipwa.