- Shona word ita in the Shona Dictionary
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- verb
- synonyms: budirira, danha, fefedza, fufudza, gadzirira, gadzirisa, konzera, mbavarira, pedza, pedzisa, ronga, sevenza, shanda, sika, zadzisa
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- do
- 1. To perform; execute; achieve; carry out; effect by action or exertion; bring to pass by procedure of any kind: as, che ku ita: ku ita basa.
2. To treat or act in regard to (an object) so as to perform or effect the action required by the nature of the case : as, ku ita basa ne chimwe chinhu; ku ita vhudzi ra nhingi; ku ita nyama; ku ita zve chikoro.
3. To perform some act imparting or causing (some effect or result), or manifesting (some intention, purpose, or feeling); afford or cause by action, or as a consequence of action ; cause; effect; render; offer; show.
Ku ita zvaka naka.
4. To bring to a conclusion; complete; finish: as, zva itwa.
5. To deliver; convey.
6. To impart; give; grant; afford.
7. To serve.
8. To put forth ; use in effecting something; exert.
9. To cause: make: with an object and an infinitive.
10. To cause: with kuti.
Ita kuti mwana arare.
II. 1. To act; be in action; be active in performing or accomplishing; exert one's self in relation to something.
2. To act or behave ; conduct one's self : with adverbial adjuncts indicating manner of acting.
3. To succeed (well or ill) in some undertaking or action ; get along ; come through.
4. To arrange; contrive; shift: as, Tiri ku ita sei pa chikafu.
Imperative example Shona | English | ita | do (singular) |
itai | do (plural) |
Simple future tense example Shona | English | Ndicha ita | I will do |
ucha ita | you will do (singular) |
mucha ita | you will do (plural) |
acha ita | he/she will do |
ticha ita | we will do |
vacha ita | they will do |
chicha ita | it will do |
last updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:29:19 PM Central European Summer Time
- verb
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- achieve
- To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; – as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
Imperative example Shona | English | ita | achieve (singular) |
itai | achieve (plural) |
Simple future tense example Shona | English | Ndicha ita | I will achieve |
ucha ita | you will achieve (singular) |
mucha ita | you will achieve (plural) |
acha ita | he/she will achieve |
ticha ita | we will achieve |
vacha ita | they will achieve |
chicha ita | it will achieve |
last updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:29:19 PM Central European Summer Time