- Shona word mwaka in the Shona Dictionary
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- noun , class(3)
- synonyms: gore, kati
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Zezuru
- English translation
- season
- One of the periods into which the year is naturally divided by the annual motion of the sun in declination, or by the resulting characteristics of temperature, moisture, conditions of vegetation, and the like. Astronomically the year is divided into four nearly equal seasons, spring (chirimo), summer (zhizha), autumn (matsutso), and winter (chando), reckoned solely with respect to the sun's motion.
- A particular period of time.
- A period of time, in general; a whole; a time.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | mwaka uwu | this season |
| mwaka uwo | that season |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | mwaka wangu | my season |
| mwaka wako | your season (singular) |
| mwaka wenyu | your season (plural) |
| mwaka wake | his/her season |
| mwaka wedu | our season |
| mwaka wacho | its season |
| mwaka wavo | their season |
last updated: Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 10:26:40 AM Central European Standard Time
- noun , class(4)
- stem : mwaka
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Zezuru
- English translation
- seasons
- Plural of mwaka.
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | mwaka iyi | these seasons |
| mwaka iyo | those seasons |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | mwaka yangu | my seasons |
| mwaka yako | your seasons (singular) |
| mwaka yenyu | your seasons (plural) |
| mwaka yake | his/her seasons |
| mwaka yedu | our seasons |
| mwaka yacho | its seasons |
| mwaka yavo | their seasons |
last updated: Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 10:26:40 AM Central European Standard Time