Nyaudzosingwi starting with SV

Figurative Expressions

• sva-aUsed of driving away birds or goats so that they leave a place where they are not wanted.
• svaduDescribes swallowing something without chewing it. Compare tungarwi.
• svakuDescribes coming out of a house or a hole quickly. Compare svati, hovo, dhu.
• svapuDescribes the coming away of bark-fibre or bark from a tree.
• svata
• svatataDescribes the air going out of a ball or a car wheel. Compare svavata.
• svatuDescribes something springing or spattering up, as porridge does when it is thickening on the fire.
• svauDescribes the coming off of skin that has been burnt.
• svavataVariant spelling of "svatata".
• sve-eUsed of sucking or sipping up a drink.
• sve-eSaid to a person who is being rebuked for a mistake they have made.
• sveerere
• svetuDescribes drinking water or the like down in a single draught.
• svetuDescribes leaping up into the air. Example: when he reached a water-filled ditch he leapt and landed standing on the other side.
• svi-iDescribes a darkening, such as the sky growing dark outside, or of other things.
• sviyoDescribes whistling with the mouth.
• svorododoDescribes the slipperiness of something that is hard to hold. Example: when hair is washed with relaxer it becomes slippery in just this way.
• svotoDescribes the stripping of bark-fibre (gavi), or the peeling away of the skin of a person who has been burnt.
• svuThe noise you make when driving away goats or chickens.
• svunguruDescribes a person lying down or sleeping with no clothes on.