• Shona word chanza in the Shona Dictionary
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chanza
/t͡ʃaⁿz̤a/

• noun , class(7)
• synonyms: ruoko
• dialects/origins: Zezuru

English translation

hand

1. The end of the arm or fore arm from the wrist outward, consisting of the palm, fingers, and thumb, and fitted for grasping objects.

2. In anatomy., technically, the terminal segment of the fore limb of any vertebrate above fishes, consisting of three divisions, the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges; the manus: the correlative of the pes of the hind limb. In this sense the term hand is used irrespective of modifications in structure or function.

3. The end of any limb which grasps, holds, or clings.