- Shona word dziya in the Shona Dictionary
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- verb
- adjective
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- warm
- Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
Imperative example Shona | English | dziya | warm (singular) |
dziyai | warm (plural) |
Simple future tense example Shona | English | Ndicha dziya | I will warm |
ucha dziya | you will warm (singular) |
mucha dziya | you will warm (plural) |
acha dziya | he/she will warm |
ticha dziya | we will warm |
vacha dziya | they will warm |
chicha dziya | it will warm |
last updated: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 3:51:41 PM Central European Standard Time
- noun , class(5)
- synonyms: ziya
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- heat
- A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric.
Demonstrative determiners example Shona | English | dziya iri | this heat |
dziya iro | that heat |
Possessive pronouns example Shona | English | dziya rangu | my heat |
dziya rako | your heat (singular) |
dziya renyu | your heat (plural) |
dziya rake | his/her heat |
dziya redu | our heat |
dziya racho | its heat |
dziya ravo | their heat |
last updated: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 3:51:41 PM Central European Standard Time