Mukwati izita remhuri muZimbabwe. Kukwata zvinoreva kudedera nokutya. Kukwata zvinoreva tsika yekudya mudzimba dzevamwe usina kukokwa. Zvakare Mukwati raive gamba rakarwa Hondo yeChimurenga yeKutanga. VaChewa vanoti mkwati (bridegroom) rinotaurwa muwani. Mamwe Mazwi: kwatiwa (to marry; used of women only) kureva kuroorwa. VaTonga neChewa vanoti kwata (to marry; to copulate with) zvichireva kuroora. Mamwe Mazwi: mkwato (marriage) rinotaurwa mururimi rweChewa. Barotse vanoti likwata kana makwata (habit of marrying frequentily).