All Madimikira
Shona Idioms
- Akanwa zinoHe/She studied hard.
- Chitsoka ndiberekeRunning away
- Kubaira zaniGiving someone constructive advice
- Kubata makukuUsed of admitting to the offence of which one is accused.
- Kubata mberekoPregnancy/Being pregnant/Childbirth
- Kubaya vapenyuTo console the living relatives of the deceased.
- Kubereka demoFleeing when you are about to be attacked
- Kubva zeraPuberty/being old enough to get married
- Kuchenura mufiTo cleanse the spirit of the deceased so that they can protect the family they left behind.
- Kudya mwotoArguing loudly
- Kudzipwa neganda remhuruMaking a big deal out of something small.
- Kufemera pamusoro sendereVery angry
- Kufira mudutu sembevaBeing struck by misfortune unexpectedly
- Kugara gataGoing to the traditional healer to see if a grave has not been desecrated by fire.
- Kugarwa nhakaBeing given a husband in the family for a woman after her own has died
- Kuisa maokoTo greet someone respectfully by stating their totem.
- Kuisa musoro pamwe cheteUnity in doing something brings success.
- Kuita bondeSexual intercourse between a man and a woman
- Kuita chisodzimateTo feign sorrow for another's misfortune
- Kuita choupombweProstitution
- Kuita dzimba dzavoBeing married/having a home and their family
- Kuita gomo risina ukwirikoA person is frightening when angry.
- Kuita gumi rakadya vaviriHugging and falling together
- Kuita mazambuko emadzvinyu nemakwerevesheGirls only date light-skinned boys.
- Kuita muonera pamwe chuma chemuzukuruHelping each other
- Kuita museve waenda neumaA point of no return
- Kuita tsika nditsikevoTo stay constantly in one another's company, never parting from each other.
- Kuitwa kanyama kanyamaMutual assistance in striking/fighting
- Kukwenya mhuno nekasiyanwaUsed of longing earnestly for what one wants to actually come to pass.
- Kumonya muromoTo curse someone silently/in one's heart
- Kunwisa mvuraBeauty/attractiveness
- Kuomesa musoro sedambakuraPerseverance
- Kuoza imba yandakavataDesecrating a grave
- Kupa maraiwaSharing their interests to make life better
- Kuparidza hangeriSpeaking out against and condemning people who are corrupt
- Kupfura shanguVariant spelling of "Kutandadza".
- Kupisa guvaSexual intercourse with a bereaved person before the deceased's grave has been marked/paid for.
- Kupura nyemba nemusanaVery peaceful
- Kupura nyemba nemusanaUsed of displaying an extreme degree of prosperity and comfortable living.
- Kurasa musweTo be happy/To please
- Kurimirana kumiganhuHatred to the point of not wanting to see each other
- Kurova guvaCleansing/appeasing the spirit of the deceased in the home
- Kuseverana mumatama
- Kushamba pakashamba bveniTo make a big mistake
- Kusiya wapisa mushaTo have nowhere to return after being rejected by a husband.
- Kusvikira rwanditoraI will only be quiet when I am dead.
- Kutema gotsi nezvitsitsinhoRunning very fast
- Kutema ugaririThe work a man performs for his father-in-law in order to be given a wife.
- Kutevera kwakaenda dzerooraReturning to their village after being divorced
- Kutsika madziroAbsolutely refuse
- Kutsika mutsvanzvaTo enter young manhood; to begin life as a young man.
- Kutswanya bete neura hwaroDoing things properly
- Kuve nechinya chiri pahuma segurweTo be very angry
- Kuve netsika dakananzvwa nembwaHaving a bad character
- Kuve zimunzwa riri mundoveUsed of harming another person while in hiding, without their suspecting it.
- Kuzvimbirwa nenyemba dzevabvuwiPregnancy
- Midzimu yakarwa imireDisaster recovery
- Wafa wanakaA dead person has no more obligations to the living.
- Zva gumirana muzhiraIt failed to finish