In the Shona language (or Chivanhu), zimbe means a small piece of wood or coal that is still hot and red after a fire has stopped burning. Another similar word is vhunze.
Example sentences for zimbe
- Chenjera, pane zimbe pasi apa! (Be careful; there's a hot ember on the ground!)
- Mwana akapiswa nevhunze paaitamba pamoto. (The child was burned by a hot coal while playing by the fire.)
- Vhunze rakapisa jira rangu. (The hot coal burned a hole in my clothes.)
- Tora zimbe iro ubatidze fodya yako. (Take that ember and light your cigarette.)
- Vhunze rakawira pagumbeze, zvino pane gomba. (An ember fell on the blanket, and now there's a hole in it.)
