• English word sugar in the Shona Dictionary
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tsvigiri
/t͡s͎iɡ̤iri/

• noun , class(9)
• synonyms: shuga
• dialects/origins: Standard Shona

English translation

sugar

1. A sweet crystalline substance, prepared chiefly from the expressed juice of the sugar-cane, Saccharum officinarum and of the sugar-beet, but obtained also from a great variety of other plants, as maple, maize, sorghum, birch, and parsnip.

2. The general name of certain chemical compounds belonging to the group of carbohydrates.

3. Something that resembles sugar in any of its properties.

4. Figuratively, sweet, honeyed, or soothing words; flattery employed to disguise something; distasteful.