Nyaudzosingwi starting with V
Figurative Expressions
- vaDescribes cutting meat or something else very quickly. Also describes filling a container right up to the brim: the basket was filled va with grain.
- vabvu
- vaduDescribes filling a pot or anything else right up to the brim.
- vafaDescribes lying face down on one's stomach with the head down.
- vagadu
- vaiWhen there is a vai, a light is seen and then goes out at once, as lightning does.
- vakuVariant spelling of "vhai".
- vambara
- vambuDescribes crossing over from one side of a river to the other. See yambu.
- vandanuDescribes bringing out into the open things that had been hidden. Also vandanyu.
- vandanyuVariant spelling of "vandanu".
- varavaraDescribes moving something very quickly.
- vare
- vataWhen things are vata, they are all even and alike. The maize in the field stands vata.
- vatamaDescribes evenness, such as that of grass or hair.
- vavava
- vazuDescribes a person suddenly getting up quickly. Also describes splitting something, such as firewood, into small pieces.
- vazvuDescribes standing still, showing that one is at a loss over what has happened. The dog was left standing vazvu after the hare had gone into the hole.
- ve
- veka vekaDescribes walking as though staggering under a heavy load.
- venguDescribes the sudden swiftness with which a person or thing vanishes from where it was in sight. It went vengu into the water, where it feeds on fish. Compare nyengu, sveerere.
- venyu
- venyuDescribes the quick disappearance of something, as it slips behind another thing or sinks into water. The duck went venyu into the water.
- verevereDescribes a long thing entering into somewhere, as a snake going verevere into a hole. Also describes arriving at or leaving a place stealthily, moving softly so that people do not see you.
- vhinyu
- vhurumuUsed of a person suddenly coming out with talk that cannot be understood.
- virikitiUsed of a person who comes out of hiding and suddenly appears in the open.