• Shona word zita in the Shona Dictionary
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zita
/zita/

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

English translation

name

1. A word by which a person or thing is denoted ; the word or words by which an individual person or thing, or a class of persons or things, is designated, and distinguished from others: appellation: denomination: designation.

2. Figuratively, an individual as represented by his name ; a person as existing in the memory or thoughts of others.

3. That which is commonly said of a person; reputation; character: as, zita raka naka; zita re mhangamhanga; zita rino dadisa.

4. Renown; fame; honour; eminence; distinction, infamy.

5. The mere word by which anything is called, as distinguished from the thing itself ; appearance only, not reality: as, shamwari mu zita a (friend in name).

6. In grammar, a noun.

7. Right, ownership, or legal possession, as 'sumirwa ne zita rako', (represented by one's name): as, to hold property in one's own name, or in the name of another.

zita
/zita/

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

English translation

noun

A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive.