All Words

Everyday Shona words

• 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
• -dzadzambidza
• -dzadzambiraTo strive is to try to do something correctly.
• -dzadzanga
• dzadzanu
• -dzadzanuka
• dzadzara dzadzara
• -dzadzarika
• -dzadzuka
• -dzaka
• dzaka dzaka
• dzakatsaka
• dzakawanda
• dzaku
• -dzakura
• dzakutsaku
• -dzama
• dzamachechetere
• dzamara
• dzamarama
• dzamariyataTo go to the land of no return, never to come back again.
• dzamatsama
• -dzamba
• -dzamba
• -dzambanuka
• dzambiringwa
• -dzamira
• dzamu
• -dzamuka
• -dzamura
• -dzana
• dzande
• dzangara dzangara
• dzangaradzimu
• dzapata
• dzaru
• dzatitsatiThis is like the cracking of a fire made from firewood in a stove. This is a medicine used to strengthen a man's back.
• dzatsa
• dzatsatsa
• dzatu
• -dzatuka
• -dzatura
• dzawe
• dze dze dze
• dzedu
• -dzedura
• dzedzerere
• -dzemberedza
• -dzemberera
• -dzemura
• dzemurwa
• -dzenda-dzenda
• -dzendemuka
• -dzendemura
• dzenga
• -dzengedzeka
• -dzengerera
• dzepfunde
• dzera dzera
• dzere
• dzete
• dzetse
• -dzeyaTo ruminate is to chew again what has been swallowed, which some animals do when they are resting. When you ruminate on a matter, you are thinking deeply about it, later on and by yourself.
• dzeyo
• -dzidza
• -dzidza
• -dzidzana
• dzidzimu
• -dzidzimuka
• -dzidzimuraTo rouse someone is to make a person who was unconscious or unaware of what is happening wake up.
• -dzidzisa
• -dzidziuka
• dzidzo
• dzihwa
• -dzika
• -dzikama
• dzikana
• -dzikatidza
• -dzikatira
• -dzikinuka
• -dzikinura
• -dzikinyidza
• dzikinyidzo
• dzikirira
• -dzikisa
• dzikiti
• dzikitsikiThis is a person who is incapable of facing people without shame for what they have done.
• -dzima
• dzimaidza
• dzimara
• -dzimatira
• -dzimbaIf a hunter is said to be 'dzimba' it means they have caught an animal. If the body 'dzimba' it means it is painful.
• dzimba
• dzimbabweDzimbabwe is a large royal residence of ancient chiefs that was built with carved stones, similar to the Great Zimbabwe. It is said that Chief Mutota's Dzimbabwe was in Dande.
• -dzimira
• -dzimura
• -dzimwaira-yawn .
• dzinde
• -dzingaWhen you are chasing something, you want it to leave its current location and go somewhere else. When a male dog chases a female dog, it mounts her to reproduce.
• -dzingaidza
• dzingidzi
• dzingiso
• dzinoyemurika
• dzinza
• dzipa
• -dzipa
• -dzipukaTo uproot from the ground with roots, such as a plant, grass, or other things.
• dzira
• -dzisa
• -dzitidza
• -dzitikadarken
• -dzitira
• dzitsi
• dzitsi
• -dzitsinyira
• dzitya
• dziu
• -dziuka
• -dziuraWhen you pierce, you are essentially opening what was closed. If someone wants to pass through where you are and you pierce a hole, you are giving them an opportunity to pass through. If a man 'pierces' a woman, it means he is the one who initiated sexual relations with her. If a doctor 'pierces' an ear, it means he is enabling someone who couldn't hear to be able to hear. To pierce means to puncture the ear with a needle or a thorn, leaving holes so that earrings can be worn as decoration. When digging a well or a mine, if you 'pierce' a clean source of water, it means you have reached where the water comes from.
• -dziva
• dziva
• dziva dziva
• -dzivaidza
• -dzivaira
• -dziviriraWhen you are defending, you are making sure that what causes harm does not reach the one who is to be harmed. -protect, -defend. When young children are vaccinated to prevent diseases, it is done so that they are not affected by the diseases.
• -dzivisa
• dzivo
• -dziyaWhen you are warming yourself by a fire, you must sit close to it so that you don't get cold.
• -dzohona
• dzoi dzoi
• -dzoka
• dzoke
• -dzokera
• -dzokerera
• -dzokesa
• dzoko
• dzokono
• dzokonokeReturn.
• -dzokorora
• dzoma
• -dzomotoka
• -dzonga
• -dzongodza
• -dzongonya
• -dzonya
• -dzonyera
• -dzonza-stir.
• -dzora
• dzoran'ombe
• dzoro
• dzororo
• -dzosa
• dzoto
• dzotso
• dzu"Dzu" describes the fullness of something placed in a container. The plate was full with reddish-brown pumpkin.
• dzu dzu dzu
• dzubwi
• dzudzo
• -dzudzunga
• dzudzunu
• -dzudzunura
• -dzudzura
• -dzuka
• dzukwa
• -dzumbunuka
• -dzumbunura
• -dzumburudza
• -dzumburudzana
• dzundu
• dzunga dzunga
• -dzungaira
• -dzungira
• dzungu
• dzungu dzungu
• -dzungudza
• -dzunhaTo shake, tear, or cut.
• dzuni
• dzunzu
• dzunzwa
• -dzura
• dzuramombe
• dzuro makova
• -dzurudzuta
• -dzurura
• -dzutura
• dzuwe
• dzva
• -dzva