• Shona word bvupa in the Shona Dictionary
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bvupa
/ɓ͡ʋ̤upa/

• noun , class(5)
• synonyms: bhonzo, bondo, fupa, godo
• dialects/origins: Zezuru

English translation

bone

1. An animal tissue, consisting of branching cells lying in an inter-cellular substance made hard with earthy salts (consisting of calcium phosphate with small amounts of calcium carbonate and magnesium phosphate, etc.), and forming the substance of the skeleton or hard framework of the body of most vertebrate animals.

2. One of the parts which make up the skeleton or framework of vertebrate animals.