• English word ghost in the Shona Dictionary
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chipoko
/t͡ʃipókó/

• noun , class(7)
• synonyms: bvute, chidhoma, chitehwe, mumvuri, mweya, shavi
• dialects/origins: Zezuru

English translation

ghost

1. Breath; spirit; specifically, the breath; the spirit; the soul of man.
2. The soul of a dead person ; the soul or spirit separate from the body; more especially, a disembodied spirit imagined as wandering among or haunting living persons ; a human spectre or apparition.
3. A spirit; a demon.
4. A spirit in general; an unearthly spectre or apparition.