- English word swamp in the Shona Dictionary
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- verb
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- swamp
- To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
Imperative example | Shona | English | | pividza | swamp (singular) |
| pividzai | swamp (plural) |
Simple future tense example | Shona | English | | Ndicha pividza | I will swamp |
| ucha pividza | you will swamp (singular) |
| mucha pividza | you will swamp (plural) |
| acha pividza | he/she will swamp |
| ticha pividza | we will swamp |
| vacha pividza | they will swamp |
| chicha pividza | it will swamp |
last updated: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 11:08:03 AM Central European Summer Time
- noun , class(10)
- stem : pividzo
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- swamps
- Plural of pividzo.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | pividzo idzi | these swamps |
| pividzo idzo | those swamps |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | pividzo dzangu | my swamps |
| pividzo dzako | your swamps (singular) |
| pividzo dzenyu | your swamps (plural) |
| pividzo dzake | his/her swamps |
| pividzo dzedu | our swamps |
| pividzo dzacho | its swamps |
| pividzo dzavo | their swamps |
last updated: Friday, October 28, 2016 at 4:57:21 AM Central European Summer Time
- noun , class(9)
- synonyms: defe, dekete, deve
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- swamp
- Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | pividzo iyi | this swamp |
| pividzo iyo | that swamp |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | pividzo yangu | my swamp |
| pividzo yako | your swamp (singular) |
| pividzo yenyu | your swamp (plural) |
| pividzo yake | his/her swamp |
| pividzo yedu | our swamp |
| pividzo yacho | its swamp |
| pividzo yavo | their swamp |
last updated: Friday, October 28, 2016 at 4:57:21 AM Central European Summer Time