Chiwamba izita remhuri muZimbabwe. 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. VaYao vanoti chiwamba (seedling grown in a verandah and afterward transplanted). MaZulu vanoti isiwamba (Stupid, slovenly person). VaZigula vanoti kuwamba (stretching leather or skins) vachireva kutatamura dehwe. Mang'anja vanoti chiwamba, chifamba kana chifwamba (guerilla warfare in which people are caught from the villages or three or four carried off or killed: nkondo ya chivamba; man-stealing).