ngeyi uchiramba
Definition: explain why you are refusing or why are you in denial?
Note: this catchphrase is often used by Panganai Java (aka Passion Java or Prophet Twabam).
Sometimes members belonging to the ZANU-PF political party in the Republic of Zimbabwe use this catchphrase too as a...
kufira pakati pemakumbo sengoma
Definition: a tendency to obsessively engage in lovemaking due to an intense desire for coitus so much that a day does not feel complete without getting off several times.
This quote is derived from how a drum player will tilt and aggressively squeeze the body...
chi zhing-zhong
this means Chinese language and it doesn't matter what dialect it is whether it's Mandarin, Cantonese, or whatever. Chi zhing-zhong is sometimes loosely used in reference to Oriental culture just like how the word Chivheti is used in the context of Occidental culture.
However...
bharanzi kugwinha gwalangwa hakudanwi anonzwa
means when an uncultivated person starts making a few coins they are often too eager to let the world know they are now a mbingaldo by flashing money whilst the wealthy remain steady — moving in silence.
Note: Although people are entitled to do...
Suh oans, mi go mek a wan big-big megathread bout makuhwa ("labrish"), an aal dem inchresin latest Zimbabwe celebrity nyuuz dat go happun for 2021. An aal yu oans an daiges don't act laik yu dey kanfyuus bout wah taim e dey. Mi nuo wan ting fo' sho', an das y'all kyan hia mi loud an klier.
miin a obdurate pesin uu nuh dey folo heni aada komin fram aya autoriti; ah an intransigent pesin wey jus kyaan tek genuine gud wod a advice fram ada piipl.
Suh fi muos kiesdem, a nhunzvatunzva dey aafn suh kwik tu tingk oda piipl dem waan fi pull a fas' wan ar mislead dem while fo actuality di...
"Ngwazi" for ChiShona langwij miin: genius, expert, or boffin. And das an extremely intelligent individual who has far exceeded his or her peers for dia craft or special field af interest; dey sure nuo fi dem stuff.
Di antonym fi ngwazi in ChiShona is: "mhengeramumba" and this means: a slow...
Ngosikadzi for chiShona langwij miin aida: queen, empress, goddess, fiimiel deity, ah har majesty; e go dipend for di contass, af kuos. For di ada han, "mambo" dey quite di apozit af ngosikadzi an das: king, emperor, miel deity, ah im majesty.
Az fah "muranda" das di singila faam fi kaal a...
musindo for chiShona langwij miin bellicosity, yu nuo da feistiness fi aalwiez waan fi staat sopm weda e dey fait, skreet biif, yu niem am. Yuujali, soch piipl kyaahn liv a jraama-frii laif bikos aal da jrama e shuwa git dem gwine.
Nuot: Dis wod musindo dey aalso a yuus fi taak abaut an uproar...
Mbikiza, for ChiShona langwij miin tuu tingz:
Short-shorts (ah booty shaatdem).
A veri tait an shaat mini-skirt, seh bout a couple of inches lang.
hEgzampl yuus
mbimbindoga
miin a pesin uu tingk dem nid nuh elp fram ada piipl. Dem tingk heniting dem du go bi fyah. Bikos dem aalsuh tingk dey ab ka-dat-suh: sopm peshal ar a X-Fakta nobadi ab bot onggl dem.
Nuot: Anoda wie yuh kyan seh mbimbindoga for chiShona langwij dey "zanondega."
"Mbayo" fo Shona miin mukbang (meokbang), gluttony, ar excessive selfishness das beyond di scope af wa di wod 'greed' cud av diskraib am.
Anoda synonym af "mbayo" fo Shona dey "nhafu."
Fo addishan, gluttony (wey bellyologist dem du) na wan af di sebn deadly sins a least fi di muos pawt fo...
"Mvenge-mvenge," for chiShona langwij miin "assorted" an dehfah dis wod iyuuz fi refer fi tingz dat kom ina waid variety a choices, flavors, stail, options, opinions, an aal sorts af ada miscellaneous tingz wid numerous combinations asosietid wid dem.
Example usage
Last year in April 2019 Zim Afropop artist Ammara Brown dropped her single "Loyal" produced by Daniel Kudakwashe Chiweda (popularly known in the music circles as Chiweddar).
350 days later, Ammara has now unveiled the official music video directed by Edible Elevens. And it goes without saying...
Any attempt to place King Avry into a neatly defined box is a fool’s errand.
His latest lovely song "Believe" produced by McKnife whose touch is unmistakable, led to a well-rendered effort that can seamlessly blend into any Zimbabwean Afrosoul playlist.
Listen to the track below and show...
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...
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