chivanhu

Basic cardinal directions English ChiShona North Mawodzanyemba or Maodzanyemba East Mabvazuva, Kumabudezuva or Mabvirazuva South Chamhembe West Madokero or Mavirira Intermediate points of the compass: English ChiShona North-northeast Mawodzanyemba akakwidza Kumabvazuva...

What do y'all oans skim about antenuptial or prenuptial agreements in Zimbabwe from a general perspective?

Huku yechibhoyi {chishona} Definition: organic chicken that is a least let out during the day by poultry farmers to wander around unlike chicken confined to live in a cage for the most part. Note: free-range chicken does NOT mean it's organic. This is perhaps a common confusion some people...

mubikirwa or chimubikirwa means either fake news, gossip, or propaganda that is presented as true facts albeit that isn't the case. Consequently, the story fails to add up due to a lack of convincing evidence to prove any claims made to convince a target audience. This word is also used as a...

Abaiwa Ngaabude, is a ChiShona phrase which means: if you are really butthurt and in your feelings with what's going on right now perhaps it is you who should hit the road -- ain't nobody will miss you more than you think. Also in life, there are some people who get themselves into a...

kufeja-feja means to throw mud on a wall hoping some of it will stick when a series of repeated attempts are made to achieve a particular goal. This normally happens when a person or a group of people have run out of ideas so they end up anticipating by chance of a fluke everything will fall...

means "veisalgia" or in other words, what most people commonly mek reference to as hangover effects wish a aaftin experienced afta yu drink laika fish. The formal chiShona word for veisalgia is actually bhabharasi. Bai di wie, (wey som a yu oandem aredi nuo) dark liquors/alcoholic drinks soch...

"Tambai Mese Mujairirane" is a popular Shona saying which means if you are to get accustomed to someone or a group of people there is no better way than to spend a great deal of time in a prolonged interaction with them whilst attentively studying how they move & operate. Note: this saying is...

If you are wondering how to count numbers in ChiShona, then look no further. So why don't we just jump right in and get to work? Ayyy... English Chishona Zero Ziro One Motsi Two Piri Three Tatu Four China Five Shanu Six Tanhatu Seven Nomwe Eight Sere Nine Pfumbamwe Ten...

chibhubhubhu Definition: to do things in a higgledy-piggledy fashion without any sense of direction or any principles of being organized. For example, in Zimbabwe when people are lined up in a queue for basic commodities e.g. bread (chingwa), cooking oil (mafuta), mealie-meal (hupfu) when a...

"Ma settings" is a Shonglish general term that is meant to address the current situation at hand or the present nature of how things are happening in realtime as you experience them. For example, one might say, "Ma settings akamira sei pazvinhu izvi?" and this here is a case of someone...

n'anga ("asekuru" or "godobori") means a witch doctor, traditional healer (sangoma), fetish priest, or sorcerer. A female traditional healer may also be referred to as nyahana or nyahanda; however, this should not be misconstrued as being a synonym of Nyamhita Nehanda (i.e., a mhondoro spirit)...

"Gukurahundi" or otherwise known as "Hukurahundi" in the Shona language primarily means the rains that come after the agricultural process of extracting or threshing harvested material from the stalk -- (in other words, early spring rains in Zimbabwe). However, due to the historical Five...

kuchenura zita this is an apologetic customary practice that is done by a person who wrongfully charges another individual with an act of witchcraft (kuroya), theft (kuba), or in contemporary times things like legal slander or libel (defamation). The plaintiff will usually seek public...

There is a reoccurring range of commonly read Shona literature books in Zimbabwe schools and colleges that are often picked as set books. In this particular post, I will list down the best known and easily remembered literary works from the learned popular Shona authors in Zimbabwe. Akada...

Bhazhe, in Zim slang, means domestic pig or swine ("sus scrofa domesticus"), whilst a young suckling pig (or piglet) in Shonglish is known as bhazhlet. Sometimes this word is also used in reference to a wild boar (or wild pig/sus scrofa) including the general use when talking about different...

chitubu means a water spring or a natural site where water emerges to the earth's surface due to pressure that occurs in an aquifer i.e., a body of porous rock saturated with groundwater. Note: Another Shona synonym for chitubu is "chisipiti." Popularization The most notable use of the word...

Fi dis haatikl, mi da guh hexpagorate nof difrahn animal (mhuka) az piipl kaal dem iin chiShona langwij (ah Chivanhu). Mi nuo deh a nof a dem pon oert, an fi dat riizn, mi nuh guh rait dong di les papiula wan habrij pesin wudn nuo fram di tap a fi dem ed. Pets English ChiShona Cat (felis...

kutsotsonya means either of the following: 1: to verbally or physically assault an individual e.g., "Usandisaize ndokutsotsonya izvezvi" 2: to spend quality time with the opposite sex in the form of riding e.g., "Kutsotsonya ka sponono." 3: to exploit an opportunity with end results of...

means either HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) or AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) even though there is a difference between the two. For instance, it depends on the context in which the word itself is used, and that is to say, if a person uses the word gwembe with a serious tone...