Mazwi ane F.

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

fadie, break down (of a machine), crack (of a pot)fa-acoming to the boil, spraying, sitting at ease fa fasprinkling, spraying fa wakanyenamadie a painful death faapositifar post (football)fabufilling to the brim, pop of escaping air fabukaboil over, overflow faburafill (a container)fachilarge round container fachukaspill over, overflow fadhamu fadhamuwalking with long strides fadhukuoven cloth, pot holder fadzaplease, delight, make happy fafaspraying (a liquid)fafaidzasprinkle, spray, water with a hose fafaikadrizzle, be sprayable fafamaflap the wings fafaradzaspread the wings fafararaspreading wings to land, lying scattered fafarivaconcrete slab Fafiterawindow fai faifilled to the brim faibhasisal, fibre faindifine (penalty)faindisafine (someone)fairafile (folder), file (tool), to file (papers)faitifight, fist faitirafight hard for, strive for fajifudge fakapack tightly, pump up (inflate)faka fakacrowded, teeming fakafakacrowd, throng fakanyacarefree joy fakanya fakanyafrisking about (of a well-fed animal)fakanyikabe happy and carefree fakarotifaculty (of a university)fakazatestify, give evidence fakazifakisafax fakisifax machine, fax fambawalk, travel, move famba-fambawander about, roam, sleep around fambejust setting off fambifambidzanawalk together, keep company, visit each other fambikabe walkable, be within walking distance fambiratravel to, go in person, go for fambira mbericarry on, keep going, progress fambiranago together, match, be on visiting terms fambisadrive (a vehicle), transport, convey famvamabent forward with hands on knees fanaresemble, look like, do first fananaresemble, be alike, be identical fananadudzirosynonym fananidzacompare, liken fananidzosimile, comparison fananidzo bongametaphor fananosimilarity, resemblance fandaorange soda fandanubursting out, blurting out fandanukaburst open, spill out, come to light fandanuraexpose, reveal, untie fandubursting out, pouring out all at once fandukaburst into bloom fandurarelease in quantity, let pour out fanerafunnel fangasifungus fanguspeeding up, punch in the face fanguraspeed (a vehicle), punch in the face fanivery, really, badly fanikisopicture, likeness faniramust, should, to be proper faniregullible person faniroduty, obligation fanirwaought to, must, deserve fanobeforehand, first (verb prefix)fanyanguuncovering quickly fanyanguramess up, disarrange fanzasimmer, bubble (when heated)fanzaistarting to steam fanzaidzawarm up (water, milk)fanzairastart to steam farabe happy, be glad, rejoice farandandaspread far and wide farandandikabe scattered widely faranubeing wide, beaming with joy faranudzalet out (widen a garment)faranukafeel at ease, be spacious fararalying spread out fararararustling (of cattle in grass)fararikaabound, be spread everywhere farariraplenty, abundance, many faratataslow escape of air, dying slowly faripatalooking downcast fariralike, enjoy, be fond of farisapass on greetings, be overexcited, be too loose (of clothing)farusudden joy, being wide, rush of escaping air farukarejoice, escape (of air), tassel (of maize)farukanabe a happy home farutsalet out air, pour out, widen (a hem)fasaoverwhelm, stop (a ball), fasten (buttons)fashafilling to overflowing, draining a drink fashaiboiling over fashaidzalet boil over fashairaboil, boil over, seethe (with anger)fashamaflood, overflow its banks fashanudzarelease in quantity fashanukapour out in numbers fashanurabring out in numbers fashonifashion fashukapour out, boil over, slope fashukiraboil over, overflow fashuratip, tilt fatapriest, Catholic father, boy who shuns girls fataratatripping and falling fatatalying sprawled, sleeping deeply, dying suddenly fatyelarge wine vat, barrel faundeshenifoundation (of a building)favalying face down favavalying at ease, hiding, sitting idle fazhabubble noisily, sizzle fazhairakeep boiling fe-edripping, gentle breeze, hiss of escaping air fe fesniffing, blowing a whistle fe fe felight drizzle, hiss of air, blowing the nose fedemastanding with stomach drawn in fedemaradraw in the stomach fedhafade, go out of fashion fefedzabreak wind, pant, blow cool air fefemureviving, coming round fefengahollow out (when carving)fefenupeeling fefenurapeel, prise off (a lid), scrape off feferaswell, shuffle along feferekawaste away feferuswelling feferudzacause to swell feferukaswell up, inflate fefetablow gently (of a breeze)fefetedzacoax, persuade fefeterwabe cooled by a breeze, be refreshed fejafejathree-card trick, crooked business fekeshewalking wearily fekeshe fekeshecrunch of footsteps in sand fekeshekawalk noisily (in sand or dry leaves), trudge fekitarifactory fekuswelling, sprouting together, spreading of disease feku fekuflaring the nostrils repeatedly fekudzacause to swell or spread, bring up (seedlings) together fekukahave flared nostrils fekuramake swell, bring up (seedlings) together, flare (the nostrils)femabreathe, break wind (euphemism), be stout fembasniff, take snuff, annoy fembedzasniff femberaforetell, predict, guess fembomedicine for inhaling (from a healer)fembusniffing in, getting wind of fembukacome to light femedzekapant, breathe hard femerabreathe into, blow into, breathe life into femera mugotsibreathe down someone's neck, chase closely femerekapant, breathe hard femerukaget one's breath back femerwabe shown hidden things, be inspired femhadraw out by sucking (of a healer)femhedzasniff, smell femobreath, deep sigh femufirm (company), getting fat, stout femuraskim off the top layer femurukagrow very fat fenastrip (fibre) by scraping, prick (of a thorn), fan fendafaint, scrape off scales fenda [-fena]faint, collapse fendefalarge flat stone, concrete slab fendeketeflopping down (from tiredness)fendemutsabeat (a drum) hard, drive very fast fenducutting off a piece, sprouting together fendukasprout together, bloom together, be trimmable fendurascrape (soft hide)fenengaperching high, standing with stomach drawn in fenengaradraw in the stomach, perch high up fenengestanding with stomach drawn in fenengedzadraw in the stomach fengascrape out, shape (a pot), gnaw (of hunger)fengefabe in full leaf, be in bud fenguflaring the nostrils fengukabe flared (of nostrils)fenguraflare the nostrils fenifan, radiator fan fenichafurniture fenuraKuchovha nenzira yeruzivo.fenyaopen (maize husks) to check ripeness fenyenyagrimace in contempt, open (of the vulva)fenyeuopening (of the vulva)fenyeuraopen (maize husks), open (of the vulva)fenyukabe split open (of the lip)fenzafence in, surround, bind (a wife) with charms fenzifence, wire fence feraswell, grow plump ferekind of pumpkin fere ferebreeze blowing on and off ferefetainvestigate, follow up, cross-examine ferendendecrowd, being swamped with work, scattering ferenguhollowing out ferengwanakind of horn (instrument)ferenupeeling ferenukaswell, blister and peel (of skin)ferenurapeel fererewhistle of rushing air fereredzablow (a horn or flute)feruswelling, coming to the boil ferukaswell, grow fat, boil over feshataking a break fesherwaget carried away fesodevil's thorn (burr)fesukarush about aimlessly fetabulge, protrude, flow out fetengwabe carved thin fetetefat cake, soft whistling fetetedzablow (a flute or horn) clearly fetikukufat cake fetiraizafertilizer fetustomach drawn in, jumping back fetukabend back, turn aside, be wide (of nostrils)feturacomb out (braided hair), draw (a bow), enlarge (a pot)fetyasitting hunched fetya fetyaswaggering fetyairasit hunched, swagger fevacommit adultery, fornicate, be promiscuous feyafair, openly, investigate quietly feya feyaopenly, fair (barehanded), make discreet inquiries fezispitting cobra fi-ihiss of escaping air, simmering, light scratch fidafrowning suddenly, turning bad (of weather)fidhafeed, wind (a watch), broiler chicken fidigarastride along (of a short person)fifikind of edible root fifinyawrinkle, loading heavily, screwing up the face fifudark grey (rain-cloud colour)figafigure (of a woman)fikishenifiction fikisifixed-wheel bicycle fikurasob, sniffle fimbiripening pit fimbikastore in a pit, ripen in a pit findimwarabe overcast findukaact hastily, change suddenly fingapurindifingerprint finhabore, tire of, annoy finhikaspill (a load of water)

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