• English word tin in the Shona Dictionary
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/ɡ̤aɓa/


  • noun , class(5)
  • dialects/origins: Zezuru
English translation
An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.
Demonstrative determiners example
Shona English
gaba iri this tin
gaba iro that tin
Possessive pronouns example
Shona English
gaba rangu my tin
gaba rako your tin (singular)
gaba renyu your tin (plural)
gaba rake his/her tin
gaba redu our tin
gaba racho its tin
gaba ravo their tin
last updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 3:39:09 PM Central European Summer Time


/ɡ̤aɓa/


  • verb
  • synonyms:
  • dialects/origins: Manyika
last updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 3:39:09 PM Central European Summer Time

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