[adj] [sh] Delicious food
E.g. 1. Ndabikirwa mafried kalosis ndikazviruma. [I ate good food and enjoyed myself.]
E.g. 2. Bika mafried kalosis muface asaende kusmall house. [Cook delicious food and your man will not go for other women.]
October, 2009
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Dikez
[n] [sh] Uncle
E.g. 1. Dikez yangu yakakanda chimoko pakitchen. (My uncle got married recently.)
E.g. 2. Dikez yakuda kuita musara pavana kuda kubata mahafu abigaz. (my uncle wants to inherit and take advantage of the widow.)
Tags: Uncle
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Chen’a
[v] [sh] Look
E.g. 1. Ndapfuura ndakapura mucheno machinda akaramba akangochen’a. (I was dressed to kill and the guys gazed at me.)
E.g. 2. Kamuface ako kadhavharadzwa kuti kanga kakachen’a madhon emudhara uyo. (That guy was beaten up because he was starring at those man’s daughters.)
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Jenyaz
[adj] [sh] Genuine
E.g. 1. Ijenyaz here kuti wakakandwa pakitchen nedzubvurand riye? (Is it true that you got married to that crazy person?)
E.g. 2. Mascene angu aya ijenyaz, leather chiyo, fila. (My items are genuine leather, feel them.)
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Jektuvha
[n] [sh] Jacket
E.g. 1. Jektuvha rangu i one ari ega. (My jacket is not very common.)
E.g. 2. Jektuvha iri rinoita senavha asi marororo. (This jacket seems like a jean jacket but it’s a reject.)
Tags: Jacket
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Bhomba
[n] [sh] Alchohol
E.g. 1. Ndamuwana akabata bhomba rake kubhawa. (I saw him holding a 750ml of alchohol at the beerhall.)
E.g. 2. Bhomba rave 3 bhidha. (The bottle of alchohol is now 3 billion.)
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Paru-Paru
[n] [sh] Pulsa
E.g. 1. Mbavha dzemuHarare dzinowanzofamba neParu-Paru nekuti pakukona ma one. (Thieves in Harare usually drive pulsas because they turn easily.)
E.g. 2. Paru-Paru yakumakisa munguva yemaX5. (It is now embarassing to drive a Pulsa in this erra of X5.)
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Skida
[n] [sh] Gun
E.g. 1. Mudhara wake akakanda vanhu fear abudisa skida. (His dad frightened people when he brought out his gun.)
E.g. 2. Handidi kuona mafirimu anezvema skida mukati. (I don’t like watching violent films with guns.)
Tags: gun
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Chokiza
[n] [sh] Chocolate
E.g. 1. Ndabatira chimoko chokiza. (I bought a chocolate for my girlfriend.)
E.g. 2. Tumagero tunoda tumachokiza netunonaka chete. (Girls like chocolates and other goodies.)
Tags: Chocolates
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Jeksa
[n] [sh] Matches
E.g. 1. Ndipewo jeksa ndibatidze mogo. (Can I have some matches to light mu ciggerette.)
E.g. 2. Unobhema here unogara nejeksa muhomwe? (You always have a box of matches in your pocket, do you smoke?)
Tags: Ciggerette, Matches, Smoke