Shona Definition
Mbuya mudzimai akazvara mai kana baba vako. Mbuya mukadzi wasekuru, hanzvadzi yaamai. Mbuya ndimai vemukadzi wako kana mukadzi yemudzimai wako. mbuyawasha, vambuyawasha, vambuya . Mbuya mudzimai wese akura zvekuti angadaidzwa nezita iroro kana achikudzwa.
English Translation
Grandmother is a woman who gave birth to your mother or father. Grandmother is the wife of grandfather, the sister of mother. Grandmother is the mother of your wife or the wife of your husband's mother. Mother-in-law, parents-in-law, mother-in-law. Grandmother is any woman who is old enough to be called by that name if she is being respected.
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“Mbuya vaMuchigere vakadukuta mukujuruja majuru.”
from -dukuta“Mbuya vaTere vaironga hari kuchikuva vachiita zvokudzidurikidza.”
from -durikidza“Mbuya vangu vanogona kukurungira muboora chaizvo, zvekuti unosara uchinanzva minwe.”
from -kurungira“Pavakanzwa mhere panze, mbuya vakakwanyanuka pabonde sechipwere, vachimhanya panze kuti vaone zvaiitika.”
from -kwanyanuka“mbuya”
from ambuya“Mbuya vakangoti, A!”
from chikuwo