In the Shona language (or Chivanhu), yawira means to cry out when you're in pain or to whine.
Example sentences for yawira
- Imbwa yaka yawira nenzara mushure mekushaya chekudya kwemazuva maviri. (After not eating for two days, the dog whined in pain from hunger.)
- Mbongoro yaka yawira payakarohwa nematombo nevana. (The donkey whined in pain when the children hit it with stones.)
- Mwana akayawira zvikuru paakadonha kubva pamubhedha. (The child cried out loudly when he fell off the bed.)
- Ambuya vari kuramba vachiyawira nekuda kwekurwadziwa kwavo. (Grandmother keeps crying out because of her pain.)
