naka
/naka/
- noun , class(1a)
- adjective
- synonyms: feya, nani, nhaka
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Korekore, Manyika, Zezuru
- English translation
- good
- Serving as a means to a desired end or a purpose; suited to need or requirement; fit; suitable; serviceable; advantageous; beneficial; profitable.
- English translation
- beautiful
- Full of beauty ; possessing qualities that delight the senses, especially the eye or the ear, or awaken admiration or approval in the mind. Naka is a generic word for that which is pleasant to the senses.
- English translation
- pretty
- Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.
- English translation
- nice
- Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
- English translation
- handsome
- Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; – applied to things as persons.
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| naka ava | this good |
| naka avo | that good |
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| naka vangu | my good |
| naka vako | your good (singular) |
| naka venyu | your good (plural) |
| naka vake | his/her good |
| naka vedu | our good |
| naka vacho | its good |
| naka vavo | their good |
last updated: Friday, February 7, 2020 at 2:55:33 PM Central European Standard Time
naka
/naka/
- verb
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
last updated: Friday, February 7, 2020 at 2:55:33 PM Central European Standard Time
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