demo
/ɗémó/
- noun , class(5)
- synonyms: sanhu
- dialects/origins: Korekore, Manyika, Zezuru
- English translation
- axe
- A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.
Shona | English |
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demo iri | this axe |
demo iro | that axe |
Shona | English |
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demo rangu | my axe |
demo rako | your axe (singular) |
demo renyu | your axe (plural) |
demo rake | his/her axe |
demo redu | our axe |
demo racho | its axe |
demo ravo | their axe |
last updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 10:41:56 AM Central European Standard Time
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