In the Shona language (or Chivanhu), vise refers to a sweet, juicy fruit with a hard green rind and pink or red flesh inside, just like a watermelon in English. Other similar words in the Shona language include bvembe, mwiwa, and nwiwa.
Example sentences for vise
- Mwana ari kudya vise. (The child is eating a watermelon.)
- Vise rakauya kubva kumunda wasekuru. (The watermelon came from grandfather's field.)
- Ndinoda kutenga vise rine muto. (I want to buy a juicy watermelon.)
- Vise rinotonhorera muviri mumwaka wekupisa. (Watermelon cools the body in the hot season.)