mupunga
/mupuĊa/
- noun , class(3)
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Korekore, Manyika, Zezuru
- English translation
- rice
- A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| mupunga uwu | this rice |
| mupunga uwo | that rice |
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| mupunga wangu | my rice |
| mupunga wako | your rice (singular) |
| mupunga wenyu | your rice (plural) |
| mupunga wake | his/her rice |
| mupunga wedu | our rice |
| mupunga wacho | its rice |
| mupunga wavo | their rice |
last updated: Friday, January 24, 2020 at 1:42:35 PM Central European Standard Time
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Urombo hwayo mhembwe kufa iri pa musungo.