• Shona word bakatwa in the Shona Dictionary
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/ɓakatwa/


  • noun , class(5)
  • synonyms: ,
  • dialects/origins: Karanga, Zezuru
English translation
A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, – used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes.
Demonstrative determiners example
Shona English
bakatwa iri this machete
bakatwa iro that machete
Possessive pronouns example
Shona English
bakatwa rangu my machete
bakatwa rako your machete (singular)
bakatwa renyu your machete (plural)
bakatwa rake his/her machete
bakatwa redu our machete
bakatwa racho its machete
bakatwa ravo their machete
last updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 11:45:55 AM Central European Summer Time

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