Mutemba izita revanhu rinowanikwa muMozambique, Congo, Kinshasa neZambia. Vanhu vane zita iri: Aida Mutemba; Rogerio Mutemba; Elosa Mutemba; Gabriel Mutemba. 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. VaLenje vanoti Mutemba (n. Pole used by two men carrying a load between them) vachireva Mutemba. VaLenje vanoti temba (v. carry a load on pole between two men carrying) vachireva kutembedzana kana kutemba. Mandinka vanoti tembe (to be level with; equal in length). Mamwe mazwi: temboo (level; extent of time). Tembering (level, equal).