Mpala

Mpala izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe.

Mitauro yeBantu

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Pane tarisiro yekuti mitauro yeAfrika inotodzana mazwi.

• Chewa vanoti mpala, zimpala kana bwalo (court of law).
• Mang'anja vanoti mpala (head village). Mamwe mazwi: umpala (citizenship).
• VaChewa vanoti mpala (an antelope) zvichida imhara iri kurehwa. Nsenga vanoti mpala (n. an unmarried man; bachelor), murume asina kuroora.
• Kikongo inoti mpala (n. Rival) kureva mugombedzani. Barotse vanoti mpala (n. circumcised penis) kana wa mpala (circumcised person).