- English word kiss in the Shona Dictionary
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- verb
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Manyika, Zezuru
- English translation
- kiss
- To smack with the pursed lips (a compression of the closed cavity of the mouth by the cheeks giving a slight sound when the rounded contact of the lips with one another is broken); press one's lips to, or touch with the lips, as a mark of affection or reverence, or as a conventional salutation; salute or caress with the lips.
Imperative example | Shona | English | | tsvoda | kiss (singular) |
| tsvodai | kiss (plural) |
Simple future tense example | Shona | English | | Ndicha tsvoda | I will kiss |
| ucha tsvoda | you will kiss (singular) |
| mucha tsvoda | you will kiss (plural) |
| acha tsvoda | he/she will kiss |
| ticha tsvoda | we will kiss |
| vacha tsvoda | they will kiss |
| chicha tsvoda | it will kiss |
last updated: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 12:13:11 PM Central European Standard Time
- noun , class(10)
- stem : tsvodi
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- kisses
- Plural of tsvodi.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | tsvodi idzi | these kisses |
| tsvodi idzo | those kisses |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | tsvodi dzangu | my kisses |
| tsvodi dzako | your kisses (singular) |
| tsvodi dzenyu | your kisses (plural) |
| tsvodi dzake | his/her kisses |
| tsvodi dzedu | our kisses |
| tsvodi dzacho | its kisses |
| tsvodi dzavo | their kisses |
last updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:29:19 PM Central European Summer Time
- noun , class(9)
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- kiss
- To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | tsvodi iyi | this kiss |
| tsvodi iyo | that kiss |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | tsvodi yangu | my kiss |
| tsvodi yako | your kiss (singular) |
| tsvodi yenyu | your kiss (plural) |
| tsvodi yake | his/her kiss |
| tsvodi yedu | our kiss |
| tsvodi yacho | its kiss |
| tsvodi yavo | their kiss |
last updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:29:19 PM Central European Summer Time