• English word day in the Shona Dictionary
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zuva
/zuʋa/

• noun , class(5)
• synonyms: musi, nguva
• dialects/origins: Karanga, Korekore, Manyika, Zezuru

English translation

day

1. The period during which the sun is above the horizon, or shines continuously on any given portion of the earth's surface; the interval of light, in contradistinction to that of darkness, or to night; the period between the rising and the setting of the sun, of varying length.
2. Light; sunshine.
3. The whole time or period of one revolution of the earth on its axis, or the space of twenty four hours; specifically, the interval of time which elapses between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the sun.
4. A particular or regularly recurring period of twenty-four hours, assigned to the doing of some specified thing, or connected with some event or observance.
5. Time.

zuva
/zuʋa/

• noun , class(5)
• synonyms: chiedza
• dialects/origins: Karanga, Korekore, Manyika, Zezuru

English translation

sun

1. The central body of the solar system, around which the earth and other planets revolve, retained in their orbits by its attraction, and supplied with energy by its radiance.
2. The sunshine; a sunny place; a place where the beams of the sun fall.
3. Anything eminently splendid or luminous; that which is the chief source of light, honour, glory, or prosperity.
4. The luminary or orb which constitutes the centre of any system of worlds: as, the fixed stars may be suns in their respective systems.
5. The rising of the sun; sunrise; day.