Nyaudzosingwi starting with Z

Figurative Expressions

• zanandaDescribes the swelling of the belly after eating too much, as of children left with bellies distended full of boiled cowpeas. Compare tananda.
• zariDescribes the closing or shutting of a door or something similar.
• zaruDescribes the opening of something that was shut.
• zavhuDescribes striking someone a painful blow with the fist, such that the one struck sees stars. Also used of swiping or slapping at someone in that manner.
• zeeDescribes the turning of something round and round, going forward and coming back again.
• zendaTo lean means to rely on something else.
• zeteDescribes a chopping stroke in which the blade goes down into or sinks deeply into the thing being cut.
• zhindingu zhindinguDescribes something that keeps on spinning round in one place. Also the sound of a vessel being struck so that noise comes out of it.
• zi-iUsed of a place that is zi-i: it is completely silent, without the slightest sound.
• zivhaUsed of a person who is sitting relaxed and at ease, as in: 'Don't sit there at your ease while we ought to be going back to the field.'