• Shona word e in the Shona Dictionary
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e
/é/

• preposition
• synonyms: ku, kubva, kuitira, mu, ne, nezve, no, pa
• dialects/origins: Standard Shona

English translation

of

1. In distance or direction from; away from; measuring from: noting relative position in space or time: as, South Africa iri ku chamhwembe kwe Zimbabwe.

2. From.
Mukomana we ku Zimbabwe.

3. From among: a partitive use.
Makumbo e mombe.

4. On; in; at: noting an object of thought.
Simba re pfungwa.

5. Concerning; in regard to; relating to; about: as, zve mari.

6. Belonging to or associated with as regards locality.
Chikomo che Harare.

7. Connected with in some personal relation of charge or trust.
Mwana we imbwa i mbwanana.

8. Connected with ; concerned in; employed for.
Mokomana we basa.

9. Constituting; which is, or is called.
Nyika ye Zimbabwe.

10. For.
Uri we bato raka naka.

11. Containing; filled with.
Saga re chibage.

e
/é/

• dialects/origins: Standard Shona

e represents the sound that is heard as the first element of the diphthong represented by ei in the English word freight. A mid forward vowel, pronounced with medium lip-spread, e never combines with another vowel to form a dipthong.