Nyaudzosingwi starting with DH

Figurative Expressions

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dhaThe snapping of something that was joined or held together. The fishing line went dha and broke when I hooked a big fish.
dhabhuDescribes striking the ground and bouncing back up into the air, as a ball does; a ball hit the ground hard and went dhabhu back up into the air. Also describes the up-and-down beating of a large bird's wings as it prepares to take off.
dhadhanuDescribes tearing or undoing a sewn seam of a garment. Compare radanu.
dhadhariVariant spelling of "tatara".
dhadhuDescribes cutting or tearing open something whose insides are soft or liable to flow out. A thief was cut dhadhu with a knife across the belly.
dhambanuSame as dhadhanu.
dhana dhanaDescribes walking dhana dhana, the way a child who has just begun to walk does, lifting one leg at a time.
dheDescribes rising very early in the morning to set off on a journey; a hunter went dhe at dawn to hunt in the forest (compare nhe). Also describes striking something so as to injure or kill it, and staring at something with the eyes bulging wide.
dhegeDescribes a heavy object falling to the ground and shattering into pieces. Also used of cooking a very large quantity of food.
dhegemu
dhemuDescribes striking something hard, such as a stone, with a forceful blow of the fist.
dheruDescribes falling to the ground on one's back. Also used of passing thin, runny stool noisily, felt in the stomach.
dhiDescribes striking forcefully so that a thud is heard. He hit him dhi on the chest with a fist.
dhi dhiThe beating of the heart as it pumps blood.
dhi-iThe sound of a loud, powerful thunderous boom that can be heard far away. Example: the comrades fired a bazooka and dhi-i was heard throughout the whole neighbourhood.
dhidhi dhidhiDescribes walking heavily with a stamping tread. Also describes the pounding of the heart when one has been startled or is tired from running.
dhigaDescribes setting down a heavy object carelessly, usually when one is angry. A woman put the child down dhiga (rest of the example is garbled).
dhigiDescribes arriving at a place with the thud of one's footsteps.
dhigu dhigu dhiguWhen a motorcycle goes dhigu dhigu dhigu it is throbbing or rumbling.
dhindiThe sound made by something hollow inside, such as a drum; on hearing dhindi, people possessed by mashavi spirits get up and dance. Also describes living comfortably, lacking nothing.
dhindindiDescribes a very great abundance of things that one is given or gives.
dhindiziriDescribes a heavy object falling to the ground and bouncing back up slightly.
dhiriThe noise made by a wall or the like collapsing. Also describes many people gathering together in one place.
dhiriDescribes setting something down on the ground as though letting go of it. Example: he took the hot pot of meat and set it down dhiri.
dhiri riThe great crashing noise heard when a house collapses or when water roars.
dhoThe sound heard when one strikes something hard using a stone or a piece of iron.
dhodyoDescribes piercing something right through, from one side to the other.
dhomoDescribes skin or hide coming away from the flesh. The boy tripped while running and all the skin came off dhomo.
dhovhoDescribes piercing right through something soft. A big thorn went dhovho into a cucumber.
dhuThe sound of a powerful thunderous report. Example: the gun went dhu and we all trembled.
dhuDescribes leaving in a hurry the place where you were. The thief went dhu out of the house and fled.
dhu dhu dhuThe noise that water can make as it comes out through a narrow opening. The water went dhu dhu dhu as it came out of the gourd.
dhubvuThe sound made by water when one scoops it up with a cup or something similar.
dhudhubwiThe gurgling noise made by water when it goes in through a small mouth or opening. The gourd went dhudhubwi as it sank in the well.
dhudyuDescribes stabbing or piercing something soft with a knife or a piece of metal.
dhumaDescribes bumping into one another, or people meeting unexpectedly.
dhuru dhuruThe rumbling sound made by a motor vehicle standing in one place.
dhururuDescribes a thing making a great thudding, rumbling noise, like that of a wall collapsing.
dhuvhuDescribes scooping something up, as one might scoop water with a cup. Example: Bhiridha scooped water dhuvhu with a bucket and then poured it pombe onto the mud for building.