mapapu
/mapapu/
- noun , class(6)
- stem : bapu
- dialects/origins: Karanga, Manyika, Zezuru
- English translation
- lungs
- Both of the two spongy or saccular organs, occupying the thorax or upper part of the body-eavity, which communicate with the pharynx through the trachea, and are the organs of respiration in air-breathing vertebrates.
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| mapapu aya | these lungs |
| mapapu ayo | those lungs |
| Shona | English |
|---|---|
| mapapu angu | my lungs |
| mapapu ako | your lungs (singular) |
| mapapu enyu | your lungs (plural) |
| mapapu ake | his/her lungs |
| mapapu edu | our lungs |
| mapapu acho | its lungs |
| mapapu avo | their lungs |
last updated: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 1:16:39 PM Central European Standard Time
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