Chipunga 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 punga (a person with a long beard) kureva munhu ane ndebvu refu. VaMambwe vanoti punga (an old he goat with a long beard) kureva mukono wembudzi une ndebvu refu. Mang'anja vanoti chipunga (n. smell of something rotten or dead) kureva munhuwi wechinhu chakaora kana chakafa. VaSwahili vanoti punga pepo (exorcise a spirit). MaZulu vanoti isiphunga (1. Fly-switch; fly-swotter. 2. Tasselled fringe worn by girls round the waist or on the upper arm as a decoration). MaZulu vanoti phunga (Scare off, drive off; wave away; whisk off as flies). Sokuti: ukuphunga umhlola (to drive awav an evil omen) kureva kudzinga mashura.