Words starting with S

Everyday Shona words

• s
• sa
• -saba
• Sabata
• sabhuku
• -sabvura
• sachigaro
• sadagu
• -sadaguka
• -sadaira
• sadama
• -sadamara
• -sadharara
• sadhibhi
• sadombomessenger
• sadu
• sadunhu
• -sadura
• sadza
• safaya
• safuriAn anklet is a brass ornament worn on the leg.
• saga
• saha
• sahokoSahoko is an elderly person with a home.
• sahomwe
• sahwira
• sai
• sai sai
• saidhibhodhi
• -saidza
• -saidzira
• saimba
• -saina
• saireji
• -sairira
• saisai
• saizi
• saka
• saka
• saka
• saka saka
• -sakadza
• sakani
• -sakara
• sakaramende
• -sakasa
• sakatira
• -sakatira
• sakatireA sucker is a shoot that grows from another, when the soil is rich in nutrients. suckers
• sakavadzimu
• -sakaza
• saki
• -sakidza
• -sakidzira
• sakiso
• -sakura
• sakuwana
• samanisi
• samare
• Samasimba
• samba
• sambarafuta
• sambasi
• sambureni
• samende
• samhu
• -samhuka
• sami
• Samu
• samukadzi
• samukuta
• samunyori
• samusa
• samusha
• samutumwa
• samwoyochena
• sandanga
• sandara
• sande
• sandibhokisi
• -sandidzira
• sandisikuru
• sando
• sandu
• -sandudza
• -sanduka
• -sandura
• sanga
• -sanganaIf you meet someone you've seen before, with you coming from one place and them from another. Tambudzai met her boyfriend in the township, and they spent the day enjoying each other's company.
• sanganda
• -sanganidza
• -sanganisaTo mix is to put different things together in one thing or on top of something. Mix sugar and peanuts in a cup. - blend
• sanganisoThis is plaster for skimming walls.
• sangano
• sango
• sangweji
• -sanha
• sanhu
• -sanhura
• sanifurawa
• -sano-
• sanyika
• sanzu
• sapamberi
• -sapuka
• sapuritendendi
• -sara
• sara-ara
• saradhi
• saramusi
• sarapavana
• Saravhishoni
• sare
• -saro-
• -sarudza
• sarumai
• sarumbuya
• sarungano
• sarupu
• -sarura
• sarurabenzi
• saruraude
• -sarutsa
• sasa
• -sasaidza
• -sasaika
• -sasamuka
• -sasamura
• -sasana
• -sasaukaTo feel hunger is unpleasant.
• -sasautsa
• -sasavara
• -sasira
• Satani
• sau
• -sauka
• saumba
• sauti
• savara
• savasi
• save
• save
• sawi
• sazita
• -sebedzaMake wet.
• -sebera
• -secha
• -sededza
• seduro
• sefa
• -sefa
• sei
• -sekaWhen you laugh, you make a sound of happiness, disapproval, or mental distress. When we heard the story of the son-in-law who was caught stealing peanut butter from his grandmother, we burst out laughing. To laugh is to speak words of mockery or criticism of others. Kwindo used to laugh at others, calling them people who only suffer.
• -sekedzana
• sekeni
• -sekenyedza
• -sekera
• sekera
• sekera
• -sekerera
• -sekesera
• sekondi
• sekunge
• sekuru
• sekuru venjiva
• sekurwana
• sekwe
• -sema
• sembambaira
• -sembura
• -semesa
• semu
• -semura
• senda
• -sendama
• -sendeka
• -sendemara
• sendenisi
• sendere
• sendi
• sendibhokisi
• sendiraini
• sendwa
• -senenedza
• -senerera
• -senga
• sengende
• -sengeya
• sengu
• -sengura
• -senyura
• senzi
• -sepa
• -sera
• sere
• -seredza
• -seredzera
• -serera
• seri
• serima
• sero
• sero
• -sesa
• -sesedza
• -sesekedza
• sesenu
• -sesenura
• sesepu
• -sesepuka
• seseu
• -seseura
• -setsa
• setswa
• seu
• -seura
• -seva
• -sevenza
• severa
• -sevha
• sezvakaita majuziKu binin'idza kupiringidza munhu kana chinhu maune. Usabinin'idza mwana netambo idzo
• sezvineiThis word is used to show something that happened afterward, usually something good. We were left by the bus. As luck would have it, another car then arrived.
• sezvinonzi
• sezvo
• shabhini
• -shabura
• shadabu
• -shadabura
• shadagu
• shafu
• -shaishamistake
• shaku
• -shamaIf a door is open, it means it is not closed. To be astonished is to be surprised by what has happened, what has been said, or what you have seen. Jairos was drinking wine mixed with water, and the rest of us were astonished.
• -shamaidza
• -shamaira
• -shamba
• shamba
• -shambadza
• shambakodzi
• shambare
• shambarichakwata
• shambawamedza
• -shambidza
• -shambidzika
• -shambira
• shambo
• shamhanda
• shamhu
• -shamisa
• Shamwariko bhora wava kutambira kirabhu ipiko mazuvano? Kirabhu inzvimbo inoshandiswa nenhengo kana sangano kuitira mitambo yakasiyana
• shamwari