- English word profit in the Shona Dictionary
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- verb
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- profit
- Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
Imperative example | Shona | English | | bvika | profit (singular) |
| bvikai | profit (plural) |
Simple future tense example | Shona | English | | Ndicha bvika | I will profit |
| ucha bvika | you will profit (singular) |
| mucha bvika | you will profit (plural) |
| acha bvika | he/she will profit |
| ticha bvika | we will profit |
| vacha bvika | they will profit |
| chicha bvika | it will profit |
last updated: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 11:13:53 AM Central European Summer Time
- noun , class(7)
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- profit
- Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | chibviko ichi | this profit |
| chibviko icho | that profit |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | chibviko changu | my profit |
| chibviko chako | your profit (singular) |
| chibviko chenyu | your profit (plural) |
| chibviko chake | his/her profit |
| chibviko chedu | our profit |
| chibviko chacho | its profit |
| chibviko chavo | their profit |
last updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:29:19 PM Central European Summer Time
- noun , class(7)
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- advantage
- Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | chibviko ichi | this advantage |
| chibviko icho | that advantage |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | chibviko changu | my advantage |
| chibviko chako | your advantage (singular) |
| chibviko chenyu | your advantage (plural) |
| chibviko chake | his/her advantage |
| chibviko chedu | our advantage |
| chibviko chacho | its advantage |
| chibviko chavo | their advantage |
last updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:29:19 PM Central European Summer Time