Nyaudzosingwi starting with BH

Figurative Expressions

• bhaThe sound of 'bha' is what happens when something is hit hard.
• bha bha bhaThe onomatopoeic word 'bha bha bha' represents the sound of a bird's wings as it flies.
• bhabhanguDescribes swimming while beating the water forcefully with the legs.
• bhabhanuDescribes the unfolding of something such as a cloth or a sheet of paper that had been folded up.
• bhadhuUsed when one has been struck with an open hand on the face or on the head.
• bhaguDescribes striking something hard and with a heavy thud, as in: I hit him badu and he fell to the ground.
• bhagu bhaguThe sound of water being splashed about by a person who is swimming.
• bhambanguThe sound of a large drum sounding.
• bhanguDescribes a person splashing about, beating the water noisily.
• bharangandaDescribes the glint of the outdoors when it rains while the sun is shining. Of a person, it describes having a look about the eyes that shows alertness or cleverness.
• bheUsed of things that have been done thoroughly and properly.
• bhebhenuDescribes the opening of something that was shut. See bhedhenu.
• bhedhenuDescribes the folding back or opening out of something that had been closed.
• bhenemeneVariant spelling of "ngwerewere".
• bherengendeDescribes opening a door and walking straight in without pausing at all.
• bherereThe sound of sheep bleating.
• bhesheThe noise made by a person walking in sand. See zhwau.
• bheuUsed of a door that stands open: if a door has gone bheu, it is open. Example: I found the door blown wide open by the wind.
• bheuTo vomit is the overturning of something.
• bhiDescribes something falling to the ground with a heavy thud.
• bhi bhiDescribes walking with heavy, thudding footsteps.
• bhibhiriDescribes the repeated stamping of the ground by someone fighting with another person. See biribidi.
• bhidha bhidhaUsed of a person stamping hard on the ground in a way that shows they are angry. Example: I left father stamping about the yard, waiting for the boys whose cattle had grazed his field.
• bhidhiri bhidhiriDescribes the rolling of a heavy object that makes a loud rumbling noise. Example: The drum went bhidhiri bhidhiri along the ground as the children rolled it.
• bhigiDescribes treading heavily on the ground, as cattle or a horse does.
• bhikiririDescribes walking slowly, little by little, in a way that shows the person is feeling lazy.
• bhimhiDescribes striking a person a single blow with the fist on the back, the chest or the stomach. Example: Don't punch the child in the stomach, you will injure him.
• bhimhuDescribes striking someone on the back with the fist.
• bhinyiUsed of a person walking in a manner that shows they are angry at that moment.
• bhoDescribes striking something a single blow, or bumping up against something. Example: When I turned round to see who was calling me, I walked straight into a tree that was beside the path.
• bho-oDescribes bellowing; when a cow goes bho-o it is making a loud lowing noise. Example: The cow bellowed as it called for its calf that had gone missing.
• bhodho bhodhoDescribes the slow, little-by-little walk of a person who thinks highly of themselves.
• bhodyoDescribes piercing or boring through something quickly.
• bhofoDescribes the piercing of something soft.
• bhogoDescribes cooking a large quantity of something at one time, such as maize or many pumpkins. Also describes the snapping of sweet reed or sugarcane.
• bhoko bhokoDescribes walking a little, moving only a short distance.
• bhoto bhotoDescribes walking through mud or over ground that has just been ploughed.
• bhovhoDescribes the piercing of something soft or soggy. Also describes weeping with tears running down because of pain.
• bhovoDescribes doing something to completion, finishing it off thoroughly; e.g. when cooking boiled maize one makes the fire blaze up fully under the pot so that it cooks quickly. Also used of boring a hole right through so that it comes out on the other side.
• bhuThe sound of something bursting or exploding.
• bhuThe sound of air being expelled noisily through the mouth or from the rear.
• bhu bhuThe sound of chewing hard things, such as roasted maize snacks.
• bhu bhu bhuThe noise made by a bird's wings as it flies up into the sky; also the threshing of grain such as millet, or the repeated beating of something to knock the dust off it, as in: Go and beat that sack outside so that we can sit down.
• bhu bhu bhuDescribes the clapping of hands done respectfully.
• bhu-uDescribes noisily breaking wind from behind. As in: Who has broken wind and wants to make us smell it while we are eating?
• bhubhunuDescribes the chewing of hard things such as bones.
• bhuchaDescribes something falling and splashing whatever lies where it lands.
• bhudhiDescribes fighting, usually the fighting of cockerels.
• bhudhiri
• bhugujuDescribes beating the water with the legs while swimming. Compare bhabhangu.
• bhugumuDescribes knocking against a container holding something so that it breaks or spills. As in: I knocked over the bottle of cooking oil and it spilled all over the house.
• bhukuDescribes walking in which a person makes a noise with the feet, as someone wearing heavy boots does.
• bhumuDescribes the spilling out of contents after someone has broken the vessel holding them.
• bhurukutuDescribes flopping down or sitting down by throwing oneself down out of tiredness. As in: When he came back from work he just flopped down on the ground from exhaustion.
• bhurukutu bhurukutuDescribes a way of walking that shows tiredness.
• bhururuDescribes the taking off of winged creatures as they rise into the sky. The eagle went bhururu and then perched on the branch of a tree.