Nyaudzosingwi starting with NJ

Figurative Expressions

• njachaDescribes the collapsing or falling down of a person who has no strength; also the noisy falling of things such as firewood.
• njadaguDescribes falling over backwards and striking the ground with the head and the back. Compare gaga.
• njaku njakuSee njai njai.
• njandaDescribes the falling down of a person who has no strength. Compare mvucha.
• njandanguDescribes the fall of a person who has failed to place his step properly.
• njandayaDescribes falling to the ground through lack of strength.
• njayaDescribes leaving utensils or belongings unattended and unguarded. Compare gwindiritse.
• njeDescribes striking exactly on the spot you are aiming at, using the fist or a weapon.
• nje-eDescribes the glinting or shining of an object; also the walking about of a person who is uneasy or unsettled in the heart.
• nje nje njeDescribes having many spots or markings, as a leopard does. Also describes shivering from cold or from fear, and shining faintly, as the sun does when it is just rising.
• njengenjengeDescribes the falling of a hard object that is wrapped in something soft.
• njenguDescribes beating someone with a thick switch, striking mostly on the head.
• njenjekeDescribes putting utensils all together on one side, but in a manner showing no care for them. Compare njokoto.
• njerere
• njimuVariant spelling of "zhimu".
• njoThe sound of things falling that make a noise, such as coins. Example: he threw down a sack of nails.
• njodogoDescribes striking someone with a fist on the face, on the chest or on the knees.
• njoko njokoSee kocho kocho.
• njokotoDescribes throwing utensils down carelessly so that they are left scattered about on the ground, as when plates and spoons are flung down in the kitchen.
• njororoDescribes water or gravy trickling out little by little. Water trickled from the tin through a hole eaten by rust.
• njunjuDescribes the whiteness of a garment or of a vessel; compare mbu-u.