- English word turn in the Shona Dictionary
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- noun , class(5)
- synonyms: jana
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Manyika, Zezuru
- English translation
- turn
- Opportunity or privilege enjoyed in alternation with another or with others; the time or occasion which comes in due rotation or order to each of a number of persons when anything has to be got or to be done; recurring chance or opportunity.
Demonstrative determiners example Shona | English | dzoro iri | this turn |
dzoro iro | that turn |
Possessive pronouns example Shona | English | dzoro rangu | my turn |
dzoro rako | your turn (singular) |
dzoro renyu | your turn (plural) |
dzoro rake | his/her turn |
dzoro redu | our turn |
dzoro racho | its turn |
dzoro ravo | their turn |
last updated: Friday, November 22, 2019 at 9:24:00 AM Central European Standard Time
- noun , class(5)
- dialects/origins: Manyika
- English translation
- plantain
- A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca.) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains.
Demonstrative determiners example Shona | English | dzoro iri | this plantain |
dzoro iro | that plantain |
Possessive pronouns example Shona | English | dzoro rangu | my plantain |
dzoro rako | your plantain (singular) |
dzoro renyu | your plantain (plural) |
dzoro rake | his/her plantain |
dzoro redu | our plantain |
dzoro racho | its plantain |
dzoro ravo | their plantain |
last updated: Friday, November 22, 2019 at 9:24:00 AM Central European Standard Time
- interjection
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- turn
- To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.
last updated: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 3:46:46 PM Central European Summer Time
- verb
- synonyms: nhemba, ziso
- dialects/origins: Manyika
- English translation
- tend
- To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
Imperative example Shona | English | pota | tend (singular) |
potai | tend (plural) |
Simple future tense example Shona | English | Ndicha pota | I will tend |
ucha pota | you will tend (singular) |
mucha pota | you will tend (plural) |
acha pota | he/she will tend |
ticha pota | we will tend |
vacha pota | they will tend |
chicha pota | it will tend |
last updated: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 3:46:46 PM Central European Summer Time