Chitemere izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. 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. VaMambwe vanoti citemele (n. place where branches have been cut. These branches are piled up and burnt and the ashes used as a fertiliser for millet. The garden thus fertilised is called a citemele).