Nyaudzosingwi starting with NG

Figurative Expressions

• ngabuUsed of being struck on the head with a stone.
• nganduDescribes the sudden, quick flaring up of a great flame of fire.
• ngangaDescribes tying something so that it becomes very firm and tight.
• ngapaVariant spelling of "katsva".
• ngaraDescribes the rolling of a person or an animal on the ground.
• ngararaDescribes the untidy look of things that have been thrown about everywhere.
• ngarengareDescribes the way a person darts their eyes about, so that all you see is the eye flashing.
• ngendeUsed of a bell: when it says ngende it has been rung just once.
• ngendyeThe sound made by a key as one locks something. See keche.
• ngenjeVariant spelling of "ngendye".
• ngi ngi ngiDescribes tying something tightly and firmly.
• ngindi ngindiThe sound of beating a drum, which gives out a noise matching these words.
• ngindi ngindiThe sound a drum makes when it is being beaten.
• ngiriri ngiririThe sound made by a telephone as it rings before it is answered. Compare ngururu ngururu.
• ngocho ngochoThe sound of a hoofed animal walking, its hooves making a noise.
• ngodoDescribes striking someone on the head with something you have thrown.
• ngomhuDescribes stooping or bending over with the head thrust forward.
• ngondaDescribes a tree, grass, plant or flower on the point of falling over because its stem has been eaten by grubs.
• ngondi ngondiDescribes walking little by little with the back bent over.
• ngondoDescribes the falling of a large object as it goes over a cliff or drops from a height.
• ngondomuVariant spelling of "ngondo".
• ngonjoroThe sound of a stone being shaken about inside a tin.
• ngubeDescribes entering a place hurriedly.
• ngunduThe sound of thundering, as happens when rain is about to fall.
• ngunduruThe sound a metal utensil makes when it falls.
• nguru nguruDescribes the darting about of the eyes of someone ashamed of what they have done, as in: his eyes went nguru nguru when he was accused of stealing the meat. Also describes shaking a bottle of water about in order to clean it.
• ngururu ngururu
• nguruzezeDescribes hanging or drooping down because of illness or exhaustion.
• nguwa nguwaDescribes walking in a manner that shows you do not know where you want to go.
• nguyuUsed of a person's mouth: if one is nguyu in the mouth, one does not have even a single tooth.
• nguyu nguyuUsed of the handle of a utensil that moves about because it is not firmly attached; also of the chewing of a person who has no teeth in their mouth.
• ngwacharaThe sound made by a bundle of firewood that has not been tied tightly as it strikes the ground when let go. Compare ngwachata.
• ngwachataDescribes an animal or person collapsing when all strength has left the body; see mvucha. Also the sound made by dry reeds falling to the ground.
• ngwamuDescribes striking a person on the face or on the head.
• ngwandangwandaDescribes a place being full of household goods or furniture strewn all over. Example: I found the chairs and the table lying ngwandangwanda in the house after the owners of the house had finished fighting.
• ngwangwangw aDescribes a tin's lid being slightly raised and not tightly closed; compare chanjama. Also describes a large animal such as an elephant raising its ears.
• ngwanjaUsed of a utensil that has been thrown away because it is worn out; also of a bundle of firewood dropping, and of a person or animal falling to the ground from tiredness or weakness in the legs.
• ngwanja ngwanjaThe sound made by pieces of metal falling one after another. Compare ngwenjere. Also the noise of the engine of an old car. Compare gweje gweje.
• ngwanjai ngwanjaiDescribes the walking of a person who has no strength.
• ngwanjaraDescribes the falling or tumbling down of a bundle of firewood that has not been tied together.
• ngwaruUsed of a person who looks as though he is clever or intelligent. Example: Look for the boy who is ngwaru among these three, the one we shall send to go and marry.
• ngwe-eDescribes flour or a garment being white, its colour showing clearly. Also used of the outdoors becoming bright or light.
• ngwendereThe clanging sound made by a metal vessel when it falls to the ground.
• ngwengwendereThe sound made by a dish or some other metal utensil when it falls to the ground.
• ngwenjere
• ngwereDescribes the whiteness of something that looks like flour or powder.
• ngwerengwereClanging is the sound of a bell or metal being struck repeatedly.
• ngwiDescribes the striking of one thing against another.
• ngwi-iThe droning or rumbling sound made by a car or an aeroplane as it travels along.
• ngwiringwindiDescribes slipping into a hole or burrow easily. Example: the duck went ngwiringwindi into the hole I had dug.
• ngwiriri