In the Shona language, "zunza" means "shake." It describes what happens when something moves back and forth or up and down quickly. If you're dancing and getting into the groove, you might zunza your hips. Or, when you grab a bottle of salad dressing, you zunza it to mix up the ingredients. It's all about that rapid, often rhythmic, movement.
Example sentences for zunza
- Zunza muti kuti michero uwire pasi. (Shake the tree so that the fruit falls.)
- Musikana ari kuzunza muviri wake achitamba. (The girl is shaking her body while dancing.)
- Zunza bhodhoro remushonga usati warishandisa. (Shake the bottle of medicine before using it.)
- Mbavha dzaka zunza gate nesimba. (The thieves shook the gate with force.)
