Mazwi ane B.

Shona words beginning with B, each with its meaning in Shona, and in English where the dictionary has it.

bidiwonder, marvel, astonishing feat bidinuuprooting, bringing out (the hidden), rummaging bidinukabe uprooted, come loose (from the ground)bidinurauproot, unearth, expose bidiritoppling and rolling bidiri bidiriwrithing (in pain), galloping bidiridzaroll (a heavy object), stampede (animals)bidirikaroll over, stampede, live wildly bidyuhoisting (a heavy load)bidyudzahoist, lift and carry (a heavy load)bidzatake across (a river), ferry across bidzulifting quickly bikacook, brew, beat (with a whip)bika munhuthrash (someone), treat with medicine (to rise after death)bikakamwesweet non-alcoholic brew bikanaargue heatedly, be in turmoil (of thoughts)bikiracook for, feed, give fertility medicine (to a man)bikirocooking place, brewing pot, tobacco gift (to in-laws)bikisalet (a daughter-in-law) set up her own kitchen bikitaaardvark, antbear bikopact, clan taboo bikuhuddling together (in sleep), snatching up (something heavy)bikurasnatch, grab and run bimasit quietly, keep still (like a guest)bimbilength of cloth, cut piece (of fabric)bimbimbibumper millet harvest bimbiriplay-fighting, midrib (of a leaf)bimhamedium-sized antelope bimhidzachest illness (with chills), punch bimhimhiflurry of punches bimhirisnapped-off maize cob bimvuchunk, large piece (of food)bimwameasure (vessel), measuring tool binaroof support pole binamhinapointless act, useless effort bindaput on a loincloth, wrap (from waist to thigh)bindepindecriss-cross braid, interwoven cord bindidimple, stripe (on a snake's back), tugging clothes into place bindikitaapply oneself, put all one's effort in bindirawrap oneself up, curl up (in blankets)bindirirapressing on without stopping bindugarden, vegetable garden, forked branch bindudzahurry (people) along, rush bindudzambwafast-running hare bindukawork hard, toil, search hard bindukoupheaval, life-changing event binduracome on heat, be in season bingachief's enclosure, blunder, dense forest bingiprobing questions, interrogation bingisainterrogate, grill (with questions), bully binhabeat (with the hands), stamp (walking)binin'idzaknit, entangle binyashoulder (a load), swindle, strip of meat binyaidzasmuggle binyaukawrithe (with stomach pain)binzaprovoke, annoy bipitacarry on the shoulder, shoulder (a load)bipitiracarry all at once bipitoshoulder bipityuhoisting onto the shoulder bipityuraheave up and carry off biraancestral ceremony, steal (for someone else), rob bira-birado on the sly, act furtively biribidiheavy fall, stamping (while wrestling)biribididzamake stagger (in a fight)biribidikastruggle free, wriggle out of a hold biridziracheat, defraud, rig birimorocky riverbank, large beer pot biripirimeasles, rock ledge, big heap biripitipox (disease with sores), deep pit biriracheat birishaprovoke, thrash, work hard birisoyeast, leaven birivirislippery rock slope, steep-sided pit bisaremove bisewitchweed, parasitic field weed bishawork hard, toil bishapishaconfusion, muddle bishibustle, busyness, rush bishoridiscord, disunity bisirokiln, pottery kiln bisobrewing pot bitisweet beer, mild beer bitipiticrowd (on the move), sweet beer bitiraasphyxiate bitirirwasuffocate, drown, choke biviraover-season, oversalt biyadress expensively, storm off (offended)biyepiyemilling crowd biyingadress brightly biyodoor bar, gate bar bizhameddle, interfere bizusetting to (heavy work)boempty groundnut pod, clapping a hand over the mouth, popping (food into the mouth)bo bo boclapping (in respect), keeping silent boboimmature groundnut, dripping bobobodozing off, eyes drooping bobodzaclap (in greeting), slap on the mouth bobomerwalack (something needed), be short of bochastingless bee, eat messily, borrow bochetaking ungratefully, crowding together boche-esneaking out of sight bochitossing (food into the mouth)bochisihardwood tree (for tool handles), beans bodashapely thigh bodishutting the eyes, closing the eyes (in contempt)bodono (flat refusal), cooked soft bododzabreak (something soft), mash bodokabe soft (when cooked), talk nonsense, lie bodorahit on a soft spot bodotsacook until soft, overcook bodyohard work, great danger bodzastrike lucky, find by luck bodzione, single bofosomething spongy, soft padding bofublind person, blind, slow learner boiscreeching (of birds), shouting, blink boi boiblinking rapidly, blinking (from shame or tears)boirablink bokagroup, crowd, flock bokopeeping, retching boko bokoblinking (from shame)bokonoracorrect (bad habits), wean off stinginess bokopokoroar of water, rushing sound bokoradrizzle, peer (at), vomit bokorodzibulk, the greater part bokozadownpour, heavy rain bokozozoaimless crowd, confused crowd bomarubbing post (worn bark)bombago around, circle bomberapot scrapings (of sadza), seek rescue, get tangled bombowingless grasshopper bombwemarriage go-between (woman), dark millet variety, fish-poison plant bomearrow poison, contagious disease bomeraepidemic, contagious disease bomhadrip, drip dry bomhoopen treeless ground, low-lying clearing bomhodzaslap on the mouth bomoslap on the mouth, twisting the truth bomokablurt out, say the unexpected bonasnap off, break off, bringing home ceremony bondabig club, clap (men's greeting)bondapondafree-for-all, common property bondesleeping mat, reed mat, sex (sleeping together)bonderabump into, crash into bondererecommotion, din, free-for-all bonderothreshing floor, place of execution bondimbooverly fat thing bondosheaf (of unthreshed grain)bondokacrumble (of fired clay), flake off bondokotasit cross-legged bondokotositting cross-legged, sitting helplessly bondorastrip bark bondwejunior wife (sister of the first wife)bongawild cat, the Bonga totem, too few to go round bongoglutton, craving (food or drink)bongodzatempt (with food), make crave bongokacrave, long for bongomocrying out (in distress)bongomoracry out, wail (in distress)bongoramake crave, look inside (a container), strip bark bongozozouproar, brawl, commotion bonhostripping bark bonhoramasturbation, masturbate, strip bark bonilens (of spectacles)bonjechip (on a clay pot), crack mark bonjorajab (with a stick), beat (with a sharp stick)bonoblinking (at a loss)bonokablink (at a loss), come off (of dirt when washing)bonoremaize cob (snapped off)bonyawell up (with tears), shed tears bonyoramasturbate bonzaboolowing (of a cow), piercing (a hole)bookahave a hole, leak, be plentiful (cheap)boorapierce, bore (a hole), get easily bopatie, yoke (oxen), tighten (a bolt)bopeuproar, brawl, commotion bopodownpour, edible caterpillar bopomaroar of a waterfall, waterfall bopomoravomit violently, throw up boponorauntie, unyoke bopotoquarrel, uproar, shouting match boreorewater weed (eaten as relish)borimhorilarge yellow-winged locust borombeheifer, buffalo calf boromokwagully, watercourse borongwegreedy person, glutton boshweleft-handed person, left side bosirunny stool, diarrhoea botaporridge boterope, cord botedzispirit medium, wanderer boterekwawinding path (round a hill)boterereeddy, whirlpool boterorefuge, spirit medium botsabrawl, eat to taunt (someone)botsakufanear-fatal illness, gravely ill botsobotso (atonement ritual), atonement for wronging a parent botyopotyosudden rush out, long brittle thing boumubou fruit bovaretch (bile), bellow (in pain), cry out (in pain)bovestuffing the mouth boveracave in, be sunken (of cheeks), gulp whole bovhayoung maize stalks bovovobarging in (where forbidden)bozaZviwanikwa ruzivo.bozhahuge body, dancer off the beat, lurch forward bozvaeat with relish, savour buthud, single clap, eyes popping (in shock)bu buclapping (respectful greeting)bu bu buclapping bubuempty pod bubudufilling up (a small container), crunching bubuduracrunch (raw food), munch bubudzabegin to develop (of breasts), bud bubunducrunching (hard food)bubunyucrunching (hard food)buchaeat with relish, savour budacome out, go out, turn out well buda ndibudewonext-born sibling budikidzathrough, by means of, pass through budirikoexam results budirirasucceed, prosper, achieve budirirosuccess, progress, development budirwaKusutswa.budisabring out, reveal, publish buditsabring out, reveal budusnapping (of something soft)bududzabreak (something soft), mash budukabreak off (of something soft)budurachew (soft food), munch budzahelp take a pot off the fire budzigourd, one's own child bufuuttering a word (in defiance), a peep bufukabreak the silence, speak out of turn bufuraspeak out of turn, break the silence bufurirawhisper (news), tell quietly bugumucrash (of a dropped pot)bugumutsadrop and break bukajumpiness, big-nosed wild animal, fall (of a trap stone)bukapukafrantic search, scarcity (of food)bukirasprout, shoot, bud bukirwanew shoot, sucker bukusudden vomiting bukuraregurgitate, bring food back up bukurocud bukutafine dust, powdery soil bukutured dust (that stains clothes)bukwasucker, offshoot

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