• Shona word tsvoda in the Shona Dictionary
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/t͡s͎óɗa/


  • verb
  • dialects/origins: Karanga, Manyika, Zezuru
English translation
To smack with the pursed lips (a compression of the closed cavity of the mouth by the cheeks giving a slight sound when the rounded contact of the lips with one another is broken); press one's lips to, or touch with the lips, as a mark of affection or reverence, or as a conventional salutation; salute or caress with the lips.
Imperative example
Shona English
tsvoda kiss (singular)
tsvodai kiss (plural)
Simple future tense example
Shona English
Ndicha tsvoda I will kiss
ucha tsvoda you will kiss (singular)
mucha tsvoda you will kiss (plural)
acha tsvoda he/she will kiss
ticha tsvoda we will kiss
vacha tsvoda they will kiss
chicha tsvoda it will kiss
last updated: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 12:13:11 PM Central European Standard Time

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