All Words

Everyday Shona words

• -pora
• porijiPorridge is a food that is cooked like sadza but not as thick as sadza, it is usually eaten by young children. (It is also known as) bota.
• poriyo
• -poromoka
• -posa
• -posha
• -posha
• -poshera
• poshi
• -posita
• PositoriThis is a church that takes its name from the disciples of Jesus. The male Apostles always keep their heads shaved, but they maintain beards.
• posvo
• -pota
• poteIf something is behind, it means it has moved and gone to the back.
• -potera
• -poteredza
• -poterera
• poto
• -potsa
• -potseraTo throw something by swinging your arm and releasing what you are holding, so that it goes through the air and lands at a distance. - to throw, - to hurl.
• povho
• -poya
• pu-uIf something goes 'pu-u', it means it has fallen to the ground.
• pugu
• -puka
• puka
• puka puka
• pukunyuTo wriggle is to free oneself when tied or caught.
• -pukunyuka
• -pukunyura
• -pukuta
• -puma
• -pumha
• -pumhuka
• -pundira
• -pungudza
• -pungura
• punha
• -punhura
• -punyuka
• -punyunya
• -punyutsa
• -punzaTo break is to drop something on the ground and it gets broken or crushed.
• -punzika
• -pupa
• -pupudza
• -pupuma
• -pupura
• -pupuruka
• -pura
• puramasitofu
• puranga
• purazi
• purema
• pureti
• purezha
• puro
• puru
• -purura
• -pururudza
• -puruzira
• -pusa
• -puta
• -putana
• -putika
• -putira
• -putitsa
• -putsa
• putugadzike
• putumende
• -putunuka
• pwasugarcane
• -pwa
• pwa
• pwaka
• -pwanya
• pwarungu
• -pwashamaraTo be crushed makes a popping sound, like a can that has been squeezed.
• pwati
• -pwatika
• -pwera
• pwere
• pwititi
• -pwititidza
• -pwititika
• r
• -rabadika
• rabadu rabadu
• -rabadutsa
• -rabanukaWhen a snake sheds its skin, it stretches itself out, extending to show its full length.
• -rabanura
• rabaraba
• rabaraba
• rabha
• rabu
• -rabura
• -rabvanyura
• rabvu
• -rabvuka
• racha
• radabu
• -radabudzaTo trip someone by putting your foot in their way and causing them to fall.
• -radaguka
• -radanura
• radha
• -radza
• ragadu
• -ragadudza
• -ragadura
• ragi
• -raguka
• raini
• -raira
• raita
• raiti
• raiti
• rakanaka
• -rakasha
• rakata
• -rakatsa
• raketi
• rakibald head
• -rakidza
• -ramba
• ramba
• ramba
• rambanyn'u
• -rambanyn'uka
• rambi
• -rambidza
• -ramwa
• randabvu
• -randabvura
• randadzu
• randau randau
• -randauraTo chop is to cut a tree or pole deeply with an axe or knife.
• -randazuka
• -randazuraTo gnaw is to tear meat that is clinging to a bone with one's teeth.
• -ranga
• ranga
• -rangana
• ranganyu
• rangaridzo
• -rangarira
• -ranjanguka
• ranjisi
• -rapa
• rapa rapa
• -rapanura
• rapata
• rapu
• rara
• -rara
• -raradza
• -rarama
• rarara
• rare
• rarira
• -rarira
• -rariro-
• raro
• raruwe
• -rasa
• rasha
• -rasika
• -rasikirwa
• rasvu
• rata
• ratata
• -ratidza
• ratidzadanga
• ratu ratu
• -ratuka
• ratyaIf a person says their clothes are scattered, it means they just use them carelessly or pack them without care. If you say your things are scattered on the veranda, they will be stolen. It's a mess.
• -ratyaira
• -ratyamara
• rau
• -raudzaTo exaggerate the quantity of things beyond the amount they should be.
• raundi
• raundi
• -raura
• -rava
• -ravadzana
• ravakuru
• -ravana
• ravandiro
• ravhatiri
• ravi
• -ravidza
• -ravira
• -rayira
• razva
• razvo
• -razvuka
• -reba
• -rebenura
• rebwede
• recheraRemove the bottom leaves from vegetables or tobacco that cannot be used.
• redhiyo
• -redza
• -redzva
• -rega
• -regerera
• -regwedeka
• rei
• -reka
• rekeni
• -reketa
• reki
• rekodhi
• -rema
• rema
• -remadza
• remani
• -remara
• -remba
• rembe
• -rembedza
• -rembera
• rembu
• -rembuka
• -remedza
• -remekedza
• -remudza
• -renda
• renda
• rendi
• renge
• rengenya
• rengwa
• rengwa rengwa
• rengwende rengwende
• rengweze
• renikoti
• renje
• repi
• -rera
• -rera
• -rereka
• reru
• -reruka
• resva
• -resva
• rete
• retso
• -reurura
• -reva
• reya
• -reya
• reyandima