- English word lice in the Shona Dictionary
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- noun , class(9)
- stem : tsikidzi
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- lice
- Plural of tsikidzi.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | tsikidzi iyi | these lice |
| tsikidzi iyo | those lice |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | tsikidzi yangu | my lice |
| tsikidzi yako | your lice (singular) |
| tsikidzi yenyu | your lice (plural) |
| tsikidzi yake | his/her lice |
| tsikidzi yedu | our lice |
| tsikidzi yacho | its lice |
| tsikidzi yavo | their lice |
last updated: Friday, March 20, 2020 at 9:37:34 AM Central European Standard Time
- noun , class(9)
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Manyika, Zezuru
- English translation
- louse
- Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | tsikidzi iyi | this louse |
| tsikidzi iyo | that louse |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | tsikidzi yangu | my louse |
| tsikidzi yako | your louse (singular) |
| tsikidzi yenyu | your louse (plural) |
| tsikidzi yake | his/her louse |
| tsikidzi yedu | our louse |
| tsikidzi yacho | its louse |
| tsikidzi yavo | their louse |
last updated: Friday, March 20, 2020 at 9:37:34 AM Central European Standard Time