Machinga izita rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Vanhu vakakurumbira vane zita iri: Gabriel Machinga aiva gurukota rehurumende. Kuchingura (go out to meet, intercept). Baila vanoti ku chinga (to meet). VaDigo vanoti chinga (to cup your hands, to place a container to be filled with a liquid) kureva kuchingiridza. VaMambwe vanoti -cinga (to screen, protect, shelter, shade, come between) vachireva kudzivira. VaMambwe vanoti -cinganya (to lay across, crosswise) vachireva kuchingama. VaLenje vanoti chinga (kill by cutting throat) kureva kuuraya zvekucheka mutsipa. Giryama vanoti kukiinganya (to place across - e.g. a path) kureva kuchinga. VaTiriki vanoti khushinga (v. interpose, to get in the way, place a cup for collecting fluid). Mamwe mazwi: khushinga (v. obstruct, to get in one's light, to dam water, to keep a matter quiet).