/rasa/


  • verb
  • synonyms:
  • dialects/origins: Zezuru
English translation
imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i.
Imperative example
Shona English
rasa rid (singular)
rasai rid (plural)
Simple future tense example
Shona English
Ndicha rasa I will rid
ucha rasa you will rid (singular)
mucha rasa you will rid (plural)
acha rasa he/she will rid
ticha rasa we will rid
vacha rasa they will rid
chicha rasa it will rid
last updated: Friday, September 6, 2019 at 4:12:10 PM Central European Summer Time


/rasa/


  • verb
  • dialects/origins: Standard Shona
English translation
To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
Imperative example
Shona English
rasa lose (singular)
rasai lose (plural)
Simple future tense example
Shona English
Ndicha rasa I will lose
ucha rasa you will lose (singular)
mucha rasa you will lose (plural)
acha rasa he/she will lose
ticha rasa we will lose
vacha rasa they will lose
chicha rasa it will lose
last updated: Friday, September 6, 2019 at 4:12:10 PM Central European Summer Time


/rasa/


  • dialects/origins: Standard Shona
English translation
A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.
last updated: Friday, September 6, 2019 at 4:12:10 PM Central European Summer Time

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