Mafa izita remhuri. 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. VaGwere vanoti mafa (tug of war, heated showdown; fierce contest between equally matched groups, with the potential of causing fatalities among those involved). Barotse vanoti mafa (n. succession of deaths) kureva kufa kwakatevedzana.