All Words

Everyday Shona words

• -tsurudzirareflect
• -tsuruka
• -tsurundundikaTo tumble down, then roll, going from a high place to a low place.
• tsurundundira
• tsurundundu
• tsurwe
• -tsutsumwa
• -tsutsuta
• tsutsuta
• -tsutsutidza
• -tsutsutira
• tsuwa
• -tsvaTo burn means to be consumed by fire, like paper or other things. The car burned because petrol was leaking and dripping onto the engine. To fade is the bleaching of clothes or something else that has been in the sun for a long time.
• tsva
• tsva-a
• tsvabi
• -tsvabikaIf a person is tiptoeing, they are walking without their feet properly touching the ground.
• tsvadu
• -tsvadura
• -tsvaga
• -tsvagiridza
• tsvai
• -tsvairaWhen you are sweeping, you are removing dirt from a place with a broom.
• tsvairo
• -tsvaka
• tsvakiraikuno
• tsvakusi
• tsvana
• -tsvangadzira
• tsvanzva
• -tsvanzvadzira
• -tsvara
• tsvarakadenga
• -tsvarangidza
• tsvarapasi
• tsvaratsvata
• tsvaru
• -tsvata
• -tsvatidza
• -tsvatika
• tsvatsva
• tsvatu
• tsve
• tsve-e
• tsve-e
• tsveda
• -tsvedemuka
• tsvedu
• -tsveduka
• -tsvedura
• -tsveduraTo cause someone to slip and fall, to step on something slippery. To shave, removing a beard with a razor or scissors.
• -tsvedza
• -tsvedzerera
• tsvedzu
• -tsvedzuka
• -tsvekenyedza
• tsvemere
• -tsvemeredza
• tsvenda
• -tsvendama
• tsveneSomething that is holy is good or righteous, such that there is nothing blameworthy in it. Only the holy go to heaven when they die.
• -tsvenenzveka
• -tsvenenzvera
• tsverekete
• tsverere
• tsveru
• tsveru
• -tsverudza
• -tsveruka
• -tsvetaTo put down is to place an object you have lifted.
• tsvete
• -tsvetera
• -tsvetsva
• tsvetsverere
• tsvetsveya tsvetsveya
• -tsvetsveyara
• tsvetu
• -tsvetudza
• -tsvetura
• tsveya
• -tsveyama
• tsvi
• tsvi
• tsvi-i
• tsvigiri
• tsviki tsviki
• -tsvikidza
• -tsvikinyidza
• -tsvikinyira
• tsvikitiTo be rich is to be a very strong person. To be rich is the existence of many things, and good things.
• -tsvikitidzaTo tighten is to make something fit perfectly. To tighten is to hold something firmly.
• -tsvikitika
• tsviku
• tsviku
• -tsvikudza
• tsvimbo
• tsvimborume
• tsvina
• -tsvinda
• -tsvinga
• tsvingo
• tsvingu
• tsvingudzi
• -tsvinya
• -tsvinyidzira
• tsviri
• tsviriri
• -tsviriridza
• -tsviririka
• tsvita
• tsvito
• tsvitsaTsvitsa means finding a woman who has just been married. Mwenga Musvitsa means bringing the bride. Tsvitsa also refers to the cloth that is tied on the head by a woman who is being escorted to her husband. Tsvitsa is the final step in marrying a woman.
• tsvitu
• -tsvituka
• tsviyo
• tsvo
• tsvo-o
• tsvo tsvo tsvo
• -tsvoda
• tsvodo
• tsvoma
• tsvongoro
• tsvoritsvoto
• tsvororo
• -tsvororodza
• tsvoti
• -tsvotidza
• -tsvotsvoma
• -tsvotsvomedza
• -tsvudumuka
• -tsvuka
• tsvukachin'ai
• tsvuketsvuke
• tsvuku
• tsvukuru
• tsvukuruku
• tsvungu
• -tsvungura
• -tsvura
• tsvurwe
• tsvusa
• -tsvusa
• -tsvutsvudzira
• tsvuuramugotsi
• tsvuuramuromo
• -tswa
• -tswa
• tswa tswa tswa
• tswakata
• -tswakatika
• tswanda
• -tswanya
• tswanyu
• tswati
• -tswatika
• tswi
• tswikitswiki
• -tswinya
• -tswinya
• -tswitswidza
• tu
• tu-u
• tuba
• tubu
• -tubuka
• -tubura
• tubvu
• -tubvuka
• -tubvunyaTo poke and prod a fruit with your fingers to feel if it is ripe.
• tucha
• -tuchaira
• tuche
• -tuchika
• tudu
• tudu
• -tudura
• tudyo
• tudyu
• -tudyura
• tudzu
• -tudzuka
• tugu
• tugudu
• -tugudura
• -tugukaWhen something effervesces, it is usually coming out of a confined space.
• -tuguraIf you are making a fire, you will be burning trash or something else.
• -tuhwinha
• -tuka
• -tukirira
• tuku tuku
• -tukuma
• tukuma
• -tukumba
• tukunu tukunuTukunu tukunu is the rapid swelling of an injured body part. Tukunu tukunu is the emergence of many rocks, which are together. We were told that there were many rocks, tukunu tukunu, where the bridge was being built.
• -tukunyaTo burrow means to tunnel through the ground or skin. A worm burrows in the soil.
• tukunyu
• -tukunyudza
• -tukunyuka
• -tukunyura
• -tukunyutsa
• -tukura
• -tukuta
• -tuma
• -tumba
• -tumbaira
• tumbare
• tumbi
• tumbi tumbi
• tumbi tuzu
• -tumbidzikaTo wander aimlessly, not knowing where you are going.
• -tumbuka
• -tumbura
• tumburira
• tumbwa tumbwa
• -tumhuka
• -tumidza
• -tumika
• -tunaIf a container is small, it is likely empty.
• -tuna
• tuna tuna
• -tunda
• tundu
• tunduma
• -tundumara
• tundumwaYou keep your mouth glued to the container, you are drinking something.
• -tundumwara
• tunduru
• tunduru
• -tunduruka
• -tunga
• -tungamidza
• -tungamira
• tunge
• -tungidza
• tunguzuzu
• tunguzuzu
• -tunha
• -tunhidza
• -tunhira
• tunhuma
• -tunhumara
• tuni
• -tunira
• -tununika
• tununu
• tupfunu
• -tupfunuka
• -tupfunura
• tupu
• -tupuka