- Shona word kuya in the Shona Dictionary
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- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- whence
- From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; – used interrogatively.
Imperative example Shona | English | kuya | whence (singular) |
kuyai | whence (plural) |
Simple future tense example Shona | English | Ndicha kuya | I will whence |
ucha kuya | you will whence (singular) |
mucha kuya | you will whence (plural) |
acha kuya | he/she will whence |
ticha kuya | we will whence |
vacha kuya | they will whence |
chicha kuya | it will whence |
last updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 3:57:35 PM Central European Standard Time
- English translation
- grind
- To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.
Imperative example Shona | English | kuya | grind (singular) |
kuyai | grind (plural) |
Simple future tense example Shona | English | Ndicha kuya | I will grind |
ucha kuya | you will grind (singular) |
mucha kuya | you will grind (plural) |
acha kuya | he/she will grind |
ticha kuya | we will grind |
vacha kuya | they will grind |
chicha kuya | it will grind |
last updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 3:57:35 PM Central European Standard Time