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Shona · English · Zimbabwe

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Shona Dictionary

The most comprehensive Shona language resource online — meanings, proverbs, idioms & ideophones.

15,044words
2,310proverbs
1,463idioms
2,129ideophones
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tiki tiki

Kuti tifu kuburitsa zvawadya nekumoromo.

Ideophone
2

mabayo

A condition characterized by sharp chest pains, especia

Noun
3

Kufa kweane hari.

Kufa kweane hari anosiya mazonde. (Kana mun-hu ane upfu

Tsumo
4

-nyokora

To repeatedly annoy or irritate someone by constantly g

Verb
5

mupengo

A person suffering from a mental illness; an insane per

Noun
6

mhofu

The eland is a large antelope with a reddish-brown coat

Noun
7

feso

A soso; a small, hard lump or swelling on the skin, oft

Noun
8

chamasimba-masimba

The act of using force or threats to make someone do so

Noun
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Idioms and figurative expressions

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Ideophones — words that paint with sound

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