Words starting with C
Everyday Shona words
- chapwititi
- charaA person's toenail on the big toe is called chara.
- charadza
- charaka
- charanjanja
- chararaCharara is the practice of going to hunt people while they are sleeping in the bush for days. charadza
- charavanda
- chari
- chari
- -charidza
- -charika
- charima
- charinga
- -charira
- chariradombo
- charuchari.
- -charudza
- -charuka
- chaso
- chasusu
- chata
- chata
- -chataWhen people get married, they are joined in church or in court so that they are legally husband and wife.
- -chatadza
- -chatadzisa
- -chatanura
- chati
- chati
- -chatidza
- -chatika
- chatiyani
- chatsuru
- -chatuka
- chauda
- chaunga
- chauyabu
- chava
- chavakuru
- -chavanga
- chavangu
- chavhumbuka
- chavhuuvhuu
- chawa
- -chayaTo hit someone is to strike them repeatedly with the hands. My brother slapped me because I failed to set a trap. -rova. To 'chaya' is to cause diarrhea, which happens to a person who is sick in the stomach. I spent the whole day with diarrhea after eating rotten food. -panza.
- -chayira
- -chaza
- chazezesaThis person is very well-known because of their unparalleled abilities.
- che-
- che che cheTo chirp is to make a high-pitched sound made by birds or small insects gathered together.
- che-eTo "che-e" means to spread out a mat or something to lay down so that people can sit comfortably and fit well. If you see women spreading out a mat and it's described as "che-e", then know that they are about to gossip. To "che-e" also means to cut quickly with a very sharp knife. I slashed him on the cheek and left him gushing blood.
- chebedyana
- chebundo
- checha
- cheche
- chechekunde
- chechema
- -chechemadzaGaslighting is doing things that cause someone to become confused in their mind.
- -chechemara
- chechene
- -chechenedza
- chechengaChechenga refers to a meeting or gathering together of people who are related or who have something in common. During the New Year's holiday, grandchildren will have gathered at their grandmother's house celebrating.
- -chechenga
- checheni
- -chechenya
- chechepfu
- -chechepfudza
- -checheredza
- checherereIt was difficult to stop the bicycle quickly because it was moving very fast.
- -chechesaTo economize is to warn people to work hard.
- -chechesa
- -checheta
- chechete
- -chechetedza
- chechetere
- checheu
- -checheudza
- -checheuka
- -checheura
- chechi
- chechu
- -chechudza
- chedebu
- -chedebura
- -chedza
- chedzaProvocation is something you do or say with the intention of seeing how someone else will react.
- chedzu
- cheeneneTo suddenly look back from where you quickly turned away, and showing surprise. cheu. To suddenly remember what you had forgotten.
- chehara
- chehenu
- -chehenudza
- -chehenuka
- -chehura
- -cheka
- chekacheka
- chekaukamaThis is a beast, usually white, that is given by a man who wants to marry a girl he is related to. (bridewealth)
- chekausiye
- cheke
- cheke cheke
- chekecha
- chekeche
- -chekechedza
- chekechera
- -chekenya
- chekepfu
- -chekeresa
- -cheketera
- cheki
- chekiwani
- chekuche
- chekudya
- chekumwa
- chema
- -chema
- chemba
- -chembedza
- -chemberaWhen something is old, it appears worn out or has been around for a long time. My grandmother is very old.
- chembere
- chemberebwaibwai
- chemberedzagumana
- chemberedzagumhana
- chemberedzapunzana
- chemedza
- -chemedzeka
- chemera
- -chemera
- chemina
- chemina
- chemo
- -chena
- chena
- -chena
- chena
- chena
- -chenama
- chenda
- chenda
- -chendama
- -cheneka
- -chenerudza
- -chenesa
- chenga
- -chenga
- -chengera
- -chengeta
- chengo
- chenguWhen a person looks at you 'chengu', they are looking with a deceitful eye. My brother-in-law looked at me 'chengu' with his eye when I told him I loved him.
- -chengudziraTo channel is to receive something like rainwater from the sky and put it in a container. -chingidzira, -tangadzira. To channel is to take a shortcut with the aim of quickly catching or meeting with one who has gone ahead.
- -chengurira
- cheni
- chenje
- -chenjera
- chenjereke
- chenji
- cheno
- chenu
- chenura
- -chenura
- chenuro
- chenuru
- -chenurudza
- -chenutsa
- -chenya
- -chenyama
- -chenyenga
- chenyengu
- -chenyengura
- -chenyera
- -chenyeuraInvestigate.
- chenyu
- -chenyudza
- chenza
- chenze
- cheoCheo is the injury a cow gets when its legs are tied during milking. A cow that kicks during milking develops cheo.
- -chepa
- -chepfaSaliva helps to break down food with its enzymes and moisture.
- chepfenyu
- -chepfenyura
- chepfu
- -chepfudza
- -chepfuka
- -chera
- -chera
- cherehere .
- -cherechedza
- cherechere
- -cheredza
- -cherekedza
- -cherenga
- cherengu
- cherenje
- cheroThis word is used to connect sentences. I will not deny my husband by saying he is ugly despite any disability. Do whatever you have decided.
- chero
- chesa
- -chesa
- chese
- chesu
- -cheta
- chete
- chetu
- -chetuka
- -chetura
- -chetura
- cheu
- -cheudza
- -cheuka
- cheupombwe
- -cheura
- -cheva
- chevecheve
- cheverwa
- -cheverwa
- chevhu
- -chevhura
- cheya
- -cheya
- -cheyama
- -cheza
- chezero
- chezu
- -chezura
- -chi-
- chi-
- chi chi chi
- chiandamaThe pain a person feels from food not digesting properly. Some people say that if you eat without washing your face in the morning, you will feel discomfort.
- chibabamunembevaWhat do you hear?
- chibabamunini
- chibabamunonzwei
- chibabandagura
- chibaduro
- chibage
- chibako
- chibakobwerabwera
- chibambana
- chibambomuponjeThis is a type of edible grasshopper, but it is larger than all the others. bambomukota bambamukota
- chibanda
- chibandanamapfupaThis is a young cow, that has reached the age of a heifer or bullock and is fat. The meat around the bones is tender and full of fat. Very tender.
- chibanze
- chibanzuro
- chibari
- Chibarirwe
- chibarwe
- chibatabata
- chibatabishi
- chibataimwana
- chibatanwa
- chibatapamwe
- chibatauta
- chibatebate
- chibatirapamwe
- chibatiro