kaboni
/kaɓóni/
- noun , class(9)
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- carbon
- An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.
Shona | English |
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kaboni iyi | this carbon |
kaboni iyo | that carbon |
Shona | English |
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kaboni yangu | my carbon |
kaboni yako | your carbon (singular) |
kaboni yenyu | your carbon (plural) |
kaboni yake | his/her carbon |
kaboni yedu | our carbon |
kaboni yacho | its carbon |
kaboni yavo | their carbon |
last updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:29:19 PM Central European Summer Time
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