- English word cripple in the Shona Dictionary
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- English translation
- cripple
- One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.
Demonstrative determiners example Shona | English | chirema ichi | this cripple |
chirema icho | that cripple |
Possessive pronouns example Shona | English | chirema changu | my cripple |
chirema chako | your cripple (singular) |
chirema chenyu | your cripple (plural) |
chirema chake | his/her cripple |
chirema chedu | our cripple |
chirema chacho | its cripple |
chirema chavo | their cripple |
last updated: Monday, November 4, 2019 at 12:17:14 PM Central European Standard Time
- noun , class(7)
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- Saturn
- One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
Demonstrative determiners example Shona | English | chirema ichi | this Saturn |
chirema icho | that Saturn |
Possessive pronouns example Shona | English | chirema changu | my Saturn |
chirema chako | your Saturn (singular) |
chirema chenyu | your Saturn (plural) |
chirema chake | his/her Saturn |
chirema chedu | our Saturn |
chirema chacho | its Saturn |
chirema chavo | their Saturn |
last updated: Monday, November 4, 2019 at 12:17:14 PM Central European Standard Time
- verb
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- maim
- To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
Imperative example Shona | English | remadza | maim (singular) |
remadzai | maim (plural) |
Simple future tense example Shona | English | Ndicha remadza | I will maim |
ucha remadza | you will maim (singular) |
mucha remadza | you will maim (plural) |
acha remadza | he/she will maim |
ticha remadza | we will maim |
vacha remadza | they will maim |
chicha remadza | it will maim |
last updated: Monday, September 9, 2019 at 10:49:32 AM Central European Summer Time
- verb
- synonyms: kuvadza
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- cripple
- One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.
Imperative example Shona | English | remadza | cripple (singular) |
remadzai | cripple (plural) |
Simple future tense example Shona | English | Ndicha remadza | I will cripple |
ucha remadza | you will cripple (singular) |
mucha remadza | you will cripple (plural) |
acha remadza | he/she will cripple |
ticha remadza | we will cripple |
vacha remadza | they will cripple |
chicha remadza | it will cripple |
last updated: Monday, September 9, 2019 at 10:49:32 AM Central European Summer Time
- noun , class(8)
- stem : chirema
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Manyika, Zezuru
- English translation
- cripple
- Plural of chirema.
Demonstrative determiners example Shona | English | zvirema izvi | these cripple |
zvirema izvo | those cripple |
Possessive pronouns example Shona | English | zvirema zvangu | my cripple |
zvirema zvako | your cripple (singular) |
zvirema zvenyu | your cripple (plural) |
zvirema zvake | his/her cripple |
zvirema zvedu | our cripple |
zvirema zvacho | its cripple |
zvirema zvavo | their cripple |
last updated: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 6:13:31 PM Central European Standard Time