hovo
/ɦóʋó/
- English translation
- weasels
- Plural of hovo.
last updated: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 3:28:17 PM Central European Summer Time
hovo
/ɦóʋó/
- noun , class(9)
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- weasel
- Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| hovo iyi | this weasel |
| hovo iyo | that weasel |
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| hovo yangu | my weasel |
| hovo yako | your weasel (singular) |
| hovo yenyu | your weasel (plural) |
| hovo yake | his/her weasel |
| hovo yedu | our weasel |
| hovo yacho | its weasel |
| hovo yavo | their weasel |
last updated: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 3:28:17 PM Central European Summer Time
hovo
/ɦóʋó/
- ideophone
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
last updated: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 3:28:17 PM Central European Summer Time
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