Mudeke izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe neDemocratic Republic of Congo. Vanhu vane zita iri: Natsha Mudeke; Nobert Mudeke; Kudzaishe Mudeke; Joelle Mudeke. Mudeke (Shrub: Erythroxy emarginatum). Vamwe vanoti mudekeko, mutsanzuti, rundo kana rutsitu. 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. Swahili vanoti mdeke kana mdeki (ramrod). Bavili vanoti dekë (v. to be weak; to be sick). VaChewa vanoti muntu wodeka (a righteous person). Mamwe mazwi: kudeka kukulitsa ntundu (righteousness exalts a nation). VaChewa vanoti kudeketsa (to make right, to justify). Mamwe mazwi: kudeka (righteousness).