- English word decoy in the Shona Dictionary
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- noun , class(10)
- stem : pingo
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- decoys
- Plural of pingo.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | pingo idzi | these decoys |
| pingo idzo | those decoys |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | pingo dzangu | my decoys |
| pingo dzako | your decoys (singular) |
| pingo dzenyu | your decoys (plural) |
| pingo dzake | his/her decoys |
| pingo dzedu | our decoys |
| pingo dzacho | its decoys |
| pingo dzavo | their decoys |
last updated: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 2:26:03 PM Central European Summer Time
- noun , class(9)
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- decoy
- To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | pingo iyi | this decoy |
| pingo iyo | that decoy |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | pingo yangu | my decoy |
| pingo yako | your decoy (singular) |
| pingo yenyu | your decoy (plural) |
| pingo yake | his/her decoy |
| pingo yedu | our decoy |
| pingo yacho | its decoy |
| pingo yavo | their decoy |
last updated: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 2:26:03 PM Central European Summer Time
- English translation
- decoy
- To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.
Imperative example | Shona | English | | pinga | decoy (singular) |
| pingai | decoy (plural) |
Simple future tense example | Shona | English | | Ndicha pinga | I will decoy |
| ucha pinga | you will decoy (singular) |
| mucha pinga | you will decoy (plural) |
| acha pinga | he/she will decoy |
| ticha pinga | we will decoy |
| vacha pinga | they will decoy |
| chicha pinga | it will decoy |
last updated: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 2:10:58 PM Central European Summer Time
- noun , class(1a)
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
last updated: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 2:10:58 PM Central European Summer Time