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yambu

Shona Definition

Kuti yambu kubira rwizi uchienda kumhiri kune rumwe rutivi. Vakapona nepaburi retsono nekuti vachangoti yambu muNgezi, garwe rakabva rasara richiriga mombe.

English Translation

Describes crossing a river over to the other side. Example: they escaped by the skin of their teeth, for they had only just gone yambu across the Ngezi when a crocodile seized a cow left behind.

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