Chimenya izita remhuri rinowanikwa kuMalawi neZimbabwe . Vanhu vane zita iri: Chisomo Chimenya; Takesure Chimenya; Bertha Chimenya; Stella Chimenya. VaChewa vanoti kumenya (to beat up) vachireva kurova. 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. VaBukusu vanoti khúúmenya (vint. live at (a place), dwell, stay, settle (in a country), last long (of living thing). Mamwe mazwi: ómumenyi (n. dweller, inhabitant). VaBukusu vanoti khúúmenya busa (v. v live without, merely live). Mamwe mazwi: limenyo (n. nature, life, make-up, habits, customs, what a person is like, in character and appearance). VaBukusu vanoti ómumenya kana ómumenyia (n. tenant, settler, one who leaves his own clan land and goes to live on those of another clan). Mamwe mazwi: limenya (n. life).