Words starting with DY

Everyday Shona words

• -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