All Words

Everyday Shona words

• waranyu
• -waranyura
• warara
• warashu
• warawara
• warawashu
• ware
• -waridza
• -warira
• waru
• -warura
• washa
• washuwashu
• wasuThis word is commonly used when Manyika men greet each other.
• -wataira
• -watsa
• -watsanura
• watsanyuTo clatter means to drop metallic things on the ground noisily. The rich young man clattered silver coins.
• -watsanyura
• -waura
• -wawadzura
• waya
• wayaTo 'waya' is to tinkle like silver coins being dropped. To 'waya' is to scatter seeds or grain on the ground in a field. - kusha.
• wayawaya
• wazviita
• we-
• we-e
• wechirumeyakaita tumabhora tuviri twakarembera
• Wedenga
• wedere wedere
• -wedereka
• -wedzera
• wekanyi
• werera
• weshuweshu
• -weta
• weti
• -wetsa
• wewenu
• wewerere
• wiTo insert something quickly inside something else.
• wi-i
• wigi
• windo
• wire-e
• -wirirana
• wiriwiri
• -wisa
• witi
• -wo
• wo-
• wobvodo
• wodzvo
• -wodzvoka
• -wodzvora
• womeroWomero is a mausoleum where the bodies of Duma chiefs are preserved.
• woo-o
• wovo
• -wowoma
• -woworaTo wail loudly and cry with a voice at the top of its register for a long time indicates intense pain.
• wudyu
• -wudyura
• -wungudza
• y
• ya-
• ya-
• yaaAffirmation, agreeing that things are as they are. Yes, she's the girl who was almost abducted by those men when they fell into Chivero while running away from the police. Affirmation, expressing pleasure that things you suspected, said, or wished for have come to pass. The hare inside the elephant's stomach then shouted, "Yes, today I've finally got you, Uncle Elephant. You're the ones who finished my pumpkins, aren't you?"
• yadhi
• -yamba
• -yambira
• yambiro
• yambu
• -yambuka
• -yambutsa
• -yamura
• yamuro
• -yamwa
• -yanana
• yanano
• yanga
• -yangaHate blinds a person to the point of not wanting to see them.
• yangarara
• yangaru
• -yanika
• yaru
• -yaruka
• -yarutsa
• -yaura
• -yavaya
• Yave
• yaya
• ye-
• -yedza
• -yedza
• -yema
• -yemedzeka
• yemu
• -yemura
• yemuro
• yengerere
• -yera
• -yerera
• yerere
• yero
• -yerura
• Yesu
• -yeuchidzaTo remind someone is to make them remember what they have forgotten. -tondedza.
• -yeuka
• -yeva
• -yevedza
• yeyeka
• yeyo
• yo-
• yoniso-and-so
• yonini
• yowe
• yowe-e
• -yowera
• yunivhesiti
• yuwi
• yuwiYuwi is to express pain. Oh dear!, Shu-u.
• -yuwira
• z
• -za
• -zadza
• -zadzisa
• zai
• zai rasakupenza
• zainga
• zakwatira
• -zama
• zamanishoni
• -zamba
• zambadota
• zambamba
• zambanenje
• zambara
• -zambira
• zambuko
• zambune
• Zame
• zamu
• -zamudzira
• -zamura
• -zamurira
• zana
• zana
• zananda
• zanda
• zandangoma
• -zangaza
• zangira
• zango
• zanhi
• zanoAdvice is a good idea about a certain issue. Advice is given when you have your own. Advice is a suggestion or idea to guide and build a person's character. Advice is a key to seeing the best way to manage a life plan or another program.
• zanondogaThis person does things on their own without asking or listening to others. Zanondoga was seen with a bump on his forehead.
• zanza
• zanzi
• -zara
• zarakuzaza
• zari
• -zaridzaWhen matters are frustrating, they tend to cause anger. - irritate.
• zarimaIt seems very dark outside. Close the windows.
• -zarira
• -zariraTo close is to shut or cover something that was open.
• zariro
• -zarirwa
• zaru
• -zaruka
• -zarura
• zarurahomwe
• zaruramuromo
• zasi
• -zavaza
• zavhu
• zavirira
• zavirira
• zawayira
• zaza
• -zazambura
• -zazanura
• zazu
• zee
• -zeerera
• -zeka
• zema
• -zembera
• zemo
• zenda
• zenda
• -zendama
• zengeyaA Zengeya is a person whose mental faculties are not quite complete.
• -zengurira
• zengwe
• zengwete
• zenze
• zera
• zete
• zeteko
• zevezeve
• -zeyaThe circular motion of an object when it is thrown, and also when it is rotated - to whirl.
• -zeya
• -zeyereka
• -zeyeretsa
• zeyo
• -zeza
• -zhaka
• -zhambaTo bark is to cry out, calling very loudly. - to yelp.
• -zhanda
• -zhangandira
• zhanje
• -zhanya
• zhara
• zhenje
• zhere
• zheve
• -zhindimuka
• zhindingu zhindingu
• zhinji
• -zhinya
• zhira
• zhizha
• -zhizha
• -zhizhira
• zhongozho
• zhonjegranary
• zhou
• zhowezha
• zhumbwe
• zhumu
• zhumwi
• -zhwadurira
• -zhwinya
• zi-i
• -ziikanwa
• -zikanwa
• zimai redziva
• zimai renyuchi
• Zimbabwe
• zimbabweThe Zimbabwe stone houses built near the city of Masvingo are what gave the country of Zimbabwe its name.
• zimbe
• -zimbwa
• zimwaya
• zinatsamukanwa
• zindoga
• -zingaira
• zingizi
• zino
• zinyekenyeke
• -zipa