Kwaunobva
Kwaunobva for Android and iPhone

Ziva kwaunobva, pasina data.

The dictionary, the proverbs, every totem with its praise poetry, the riddles and the customs. Downloaded once, then it works with the phone in flight mode.

Android 8 and later · iOS 13 and later

A Shona proverb card in the Kwaunobva appThe Kwaunobva home screenA Shona riddle waiting for a guess
Muapp

Zvaunoona muapp.

Kwaunobva welcome screen with totem icons
Ziva kwaunobva. Start by choosing your totem.
The Kwaunobva home screen
Home greets you by your praise name.
The collection gallery
Every collection in one gallery.
Search results grouped by collection
Search across everything at once.
Search filtered to proverbs
Filter to one collection.
A proverb card with its meaning and usage
Proverbs with meaning and usage.
The totem picker grid
Every totem, drawn one by one.
Choosing a clan within a totem
Then the clan inside your totem.
An article about the spirits
Customs explained, readable as a story.
A riddle with a guess field
Riddles graded as you type.
Kutanga

Install it once, read it anywhere.

Install itFree on Google Play and the App Store. No account, nothing to sign up for.
Choose your mutupoPick your totem and clan once. The app greets you by your praise name after that.
Read it anywhereEverything is stored on the phone. Kombi, rural home, aeroplane, it does not matter.
Zvakakosha

Everything a Shona speaker reaches for.

A dictionary that works both waysLook up a Shona word or an English one, with the Shona explanation kept.
Proverbs with their meaningNot a list. Each proverb carries what it means and when it is said.
Totems and praise poemsEvery totem, its clans, where it is commonly found and the full chidawo.
Riddles that answer backType a guess. The app accepts the spellings a Shona speaker would.
Customs written plainlyRoora, kurova guva, nhimbe and more, read as a story or a page.
Yours to shareTurn any record into a card and send it to family.
Kwaunobva

Shona, carried offline.

Kwaunobva is a Shona heritage reference for Android and iPhone. It carries a full duramazwi, both English to Shona and Shona to English, alongside tsumo with their meanings, every mutupo with the clans and praise poems that belong to it, zvirahwe that hold their answers behind a tap, madimikira, nyaudzosingwi, ukama, mutauro, ngano and zviera.

Everything ships inside the app, so it reads the same in a kombi, at a rural home or on an aeroplane. There is no account, no advertising and nothing to subscribe to. This website publishes a large part of the same material for anyone reading on a computer; the app is what you carry.

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