romo
/rómó/
- noun , class(5)
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- lip
- One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| romo iri | this lip |
| romo iro | that lip |
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| romo rangu | my lip |
| romo rako | your lip (singular) |
| romo renyu | your lip (plural) |
| romo rake | his/her lip |
| romo redu | our lip |
| romo racho | its lip |
| romo ravo | their lip |
last updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 11:36:07 AM Central European Summer Time
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