Words starting with D
Everyday Shona words
- diti
- ditima
- ditimangaThis pumpkin is not good to eat.
- dititi
- diutiuvery small
- -diva
- divi
- divinho
- divisi
- divurahana
- -diya
- diziro
- do do
- do-o
- dobi
- dobo
- -doboda
- dobwe
- dochamutochaThis is walking without clothes on. This is walking without a purpose.
- -dodaWanting to play the game of nhodo. Wanting to dodge a person when you are playing soccer.
- dododo
- dododza
- -dododza
- -dodomesa
- -dodongaTo enumerate is to list things one by one until they are all finished. - to enumerate. If a person is enumerating, they are explaining fully and clearly. - to explain clearly.
- -dodonya
- dodoo
- dodorodo
- -dodorodza
- dodorodzi
- dodyo
- -dodyora
- dofoA fool is a person without intelligence, especially one who fails in school.
- dofo
- dofu
- dohwe
- doi
- -doka
- dokono
- -dokonodza
- dokoriro
- dokoro
- dokotoko
- dokwa dokwa
- -dokwaira
- -doma
- domasi
- domba
- dombe
- -dombera
- dombo
- domborepasi
- dombwa
- dome
- -domera
- dona
- -dona
- dona dona
- -donaidza
- -donaira
- dondawound
- -donda
- -dondeka
- dondo
- dondore
- dondoro
- dongamabwe
- dongamazuru
- donganyuchi
- -dongera
- dongo
- dongo
- dongo
- dongonda
- -dongorera
- -donha
- donhodzo
- donhwe
- donjeCotton is a plant that produces white, silky, lightweight balls that are used to make fabrics. cotton thread cotton
- donongo
- -donongodza
- -donongora
- -donongosha
- -donora
- -donzva
- donzvo
- -doonya
- -doora
- -dootsa
- dope
- -dopotsa
- -dopotsa
- dora
- dorambudzi
- dore
- dori dori
- -dorika
- doriro
- doritori
- doro
- -dorongodza
- -dorongosha
- -dosha
- dota
- doti
- dototo
- -dotsa
- dovaDew is white droplets of water that appear early in the morning, clinging to outdoor objects. Dew is ground moisture, but the rain has stopped falling; it can help crops grow.
- dova dova
- -dovaira
- dovi
- dovo
- dowa
- -dowera
- dozvaurozvaDefaulting is failing to pay a debt at all.
- du du du
- duba
- dube
- dubwani
- duche
- duche
- dudu
- dudu dudu
- -dududza
- -duduma
- -duduna
- -dudunuka
- -dudunura
- -dudunya
- -dudza
- -dudziraTo interpret is to explain understandably and convincingly. A dictionary is the only book that fully explains the words of a language. To interpret is to announce the names of children along with their academic achievements.
- dudzirachiito
- duhwino
- -dukaTo crouch is to hide or bend down so as not to be seen. When you are crouching, you are in a cramped position. We were just crouching in the corner; the whole house was full of people. To crouch is to live in small houses where you don't really fit. Nowadays, like in cities, people just live cramped like mice.
- duku
- -duku
- dukumbwa
- dukununuTo be stingy is to live withdrawn, without joy. To be stingy is to hoard things, like children huddling around a fire in winter.
- -dukupa
- -dukura
- dukuswa
- -dukuta
- dukutu
- dukutuku
- dukwaTo squat is to sit in a hunched-over manner.
- -dukwaira
- -dumara
- dumba
- dumbetumbe
- dumbi
- -dumbidza
- -dumbira
- dumbitumbi
- dumbu
- -dumbukidza
- dumburaatumbura
- dumburamashanga
- dumburiro
- dumbutsa
- dumbuzenene
- -dumhidza
- -dumhuura
- dumwa
- -dunda
- dundira
- dundu
- dundumabvu
- -dundumara
- dunduru
- -dunduruka
- -dunduviraTo be swollen is the swelling of a body part where blood has collected. If a person is 'dunduvira' (swollen with emotion), it means they are full of anger or sorrow. The man arrived, swollen with anger, when he heard that his cow had been shot with a gun.
- -dunduzira
- -dunga
- dungambizi
- dungirwa
- dungunu
- -dungunura
- dunguriraheartburn
- dunguru dunguru
- dungwequeue
- dungwerungwe
- dungwiza
- dunhuA province is a region of land that is not very large, governed by someone who is subordinate to a chief. It's a rural area.
- dunhumadzi
- -dunhura
- dununu
- dunzi
- dunzu
- -dunzuka
- dunzvi
- duo
- dupadupa
- -duraTo confess or reveal something you have been hiding. The thief finally confessed all his friends to the police.
- dura
- -duraTo continually accept things
- duramazwiThis is a book that gives the meaning of words found in the language. A dictionary like this is the first to be made in our language. Dictionary
- duri
- durikaA child who starts by growing the upper teeth.
- durika
- -durikidza
- duriro
- durivadzimu
- duro
- duru
- -durungunda
- durungundu
- durunhuru
- durunu
- -durura
- durura
- dururasvita
- duruturu
- -dusa
- dusvuramwoyoThis person kills people and removes some body parts to use them for medicine. rapist
- -dutira
- dutiro
- dutu
- dutu
- -duumidza
- duumu
- duutuu
- duvino
- duwa duwa
- -duwaira
- -duza
- duzura
- dwa
- dwe
- dwi
- -dyaWhen you eat, you put food in your mouth, chew and swallow. If you eat others in a competition, it means you have defeated them. If you ‘eat’ money, it means you have used it to buy things. Father left money for his family to ‘eat’ when he went on a journey. If a person ‘eats’ you, it means you have spent a lot of money on them, pleasing them, often in a romantic relationship. If a person is said to ‘eat’ dogs, coals, or cucumbers, it means they are very crazy. The Chidhiramhos were angered by the coal eaters for their madness. If you ‘eat’ delays, it means you will be overtaken by other things while you are absent.
- dya dya dya
- -dyara
- -dyidzanaWhen people share food, it means they are in agreement and get along, and they do their things together. Sharing food means eating from the same plate by two or more people.
- dyidzano
- dyiroBait is food used to attract birds, fish or mice when they are being trapped. Fish are easily caught when grain mash is used as bait, because it makes them drunk.
- -dyora
- dyorahope
- dyore dyore
- dyu
- -dyunga
- dywatywani
- dywechwe
- dywedywe
- dywiitywii
- dza
- dza-
- dza
- dza-
- dzadza
- -dzadzama