Rutenga izita yedunhu rinowanikwa 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. VaHerero vanoti -tenga (first one, foremost one; prominent) kureva wekutanga. Vanoti porutenga (firstly) kureva pamavambo. VaHerero vanoti orutenga (beginning; first time, origin) kureva mavambo. Mamwe mazwi: orutengatenga (the very first time) kureva pekutangisisa. VaHerero vanoti ou-tenga (mastery, power, pre-eminence). Mamwe mazwi: otyi-tenga (important, chief matter, first thing, matter of the moment). VaDigo vaboti tenga (to separate, to set aside, to dedicate for some purpose, to remove). VaZigula vanoti kwedyitenga (isolate oneself). Sokuti: Nema katogola kwedyitenga mwa wantru (Nema likes to isolate herself from people).