Nyaudzosingwi starting with Y

Figurative Expressions

• yambuDescribes crossing a river over to the other side. Example: they escaped by the skin of their teeth, for they had only just gone yambu across the Ngezi when a crocodile seized a cow left behind.
• yangararaDescribes tears welling up and filling the eyes. Also used of the way a thing sits on top of water without sinking, i.e. floating. Compare yengerere, yangaru.
• yangaruDescribes floating on the surface of water. Compare yangarara.
• yarnUsed of reaching the age at which a girl's breasts first begin to form, or at which a boy's voice first begins to deepen.
• yemu
• yengerereVariant spelling of "yangarara".
• yerereDescribes the flowing of water as it runs down a river.