• English word oil in the Shona Dictionary
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mafuta
/mafuta/

• noun , class(6)
• synonyms: fute
• dialects/origins: Zezuru

English translation

oil

Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.

mafuta
/mafuta/

• dialects/origins: Standard Shona

English translation

fuel

Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

mafuta
/mafuta/

• dialects/origins: Zezuru

English translation

fat

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.