Magama izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Magama kana gama (Astonishing act or thing). Vanhu vane zita iri: Josiah Magama Tongogara mumwe wevatungamiri vehondo yeChimurenga. Rimwe zita tiri pedyo kutodzana neri rinonzi Gamanya. 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. VaTonga vanoti ku gama (to be impudent). VaGwere vanoti kugaama (v. chorus, utter in unison; say the same thing at the same time). MaZulu vanoti iligama kana amagama (1. Name, appellation; 2. Word; letter (of alphabet); statement). Sokuti: Ngifundele lawa-magama (Read these words for me) kureva - ndiverengere mazwi aya. MaZulu vanoti iligama kana amagama (Song, hymn, air; words of a song). MaZulu vanoti iligama kana amagama (Notability, notoriety). Muenzaniso: ukuba negama (to gain notoriety).