• Shona word ziso in the Shona Dictionary
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ziso
/zisó/

• noun , class(5)
• synonyms: meso
• dialects/origins: Standard Shona

English translation

eye

1. The organ of vision; the physiological mechanism of the sense of sight; an anatomical arrangement of parts by which optical images may be formed; in general, any part of an animal body by means of which the faculty of vision is exercised, or the impact of the lightrays is sensed as a visual impression or optical image.

2. In a restricted or specific use, some part or appurtenance of the physical eye, taken as representing the whole.

3. Vision; the act of seeing, or the field of sight; hence, observation; watch.

4. The power of seeing; range or delicacy of vision; appreciative or discriminative visual perception.

5. Mental view or perception; power of mental perception; opinion formed by observation or contemplation.

6. Look; countenanee; aspect; face; presence.

7. Regard; respect; view; close attention; aim.

8. Opposed aspect or course ; confronting presentation or direction.

9. Something resembling or suggesting an eye in shape, position, or general appearance.