Mazwi ane F.

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

finhirapour over finhuface turning angry finhudzanauseate, disgust finhukachange for the worse, turn sour finhurafrown, make a face finifiniindifference, unsociable nature fininifaint hum of water about to boil FinirendiFinland finyawrinkle, throttle, screwing up the face finyamascrew up the face, frown finyamisascrew up one's face, grimace finyamowrinkle, frown line finyinyascrew up the face in contempt, smoulder (of fire)finyinyifaint sound of water about to boil finyinyikastart to cry, simmer firadie for, die of, fill in (a form)firapoShurire.firidhafield (a player), send on firifitikind of red mushroom firijifridge, refrigerator firimufilm (movie), camera film FiripainiPhilippines FiripiPhilippi firirapersist (often fruitlessly)fiririralong for, strive for firitafilter, spray (crops)firiwirifreewheel bicycle firomanner of death firosofiphilosophy firudhafield (a player)firwabe bereaved, lose a relative fishahide away, stash fitafit, install fitanabe well matched, go together fivhafever, chills fiyohiss from a punctured tyre fizifees Fizikisiphysics fizukaKuvhinyuka.fizurahalf-cook, cook briefly fldhafeed flvhafever flzifees foripening, pinching, hooting (of wind in a bottle)fo-orush of escaping air, hum of water about to boil, cooking quickly fobhapunch in the face, swindle, rob fodopinching painfully fodogopinching with the nails fodogorapinch hard with the nails fodorapinch cruelly, punch fodyatobacco, snuff, cigarette fofomatchbox fofomaseethe, cascade, roar of rushing water fofoongwevery fat person fofovashrivel, dry out fofovokashrivel, be emptied out fofovongwevery strong, big person fofovorahollow out, empty out fohorawasted effort, work done for nothing foiKwiriti.foi foistrutting in tight clothes foirafail fojaforge (documents or money), forge (metal)fokasafocus (a camera)fokasifocus fokofork fokonoplunging a hand in fokoterwafeel lonely fomaform, found, strip (thatch)fombohollowing out, scooping out fombodzahollow out, clean out fomboradig out, hollow out fombwehollow vessel, bowl fombwerabe hollowed out fomesheniformation (in sport)fomuform (school year), form (document)fomurabhafoam rubber fonaphone, call fondopig, bending over fondokabe worn out (from work)fondonorabeat straight (something bent)fondoraMuchina yerubatsiro kure.fondotaeat with relish, punch fongobending over carelessly, bottom-kicking game fongorabend over carelessly foniphone Fonorojiphonology fonyedzaKukonzera nhoroondo ioneke zvakanaka.fonyeraKupfonyedza.fonyobending, denting fonyodzabend (metal)fonyokabe bent, be dented fonyorabend foonoradivulge, reveal (secrets)footinifool, simpleton foramarch, dash after forimbobig, heavy person forofurrow forogofork, garden fork foromamould (bricks), brick mould foromaniforeman, supervisor forosilead ox (on the right), leader forototogoing flat (of a tyre)fosedzeraforce in, jam in foshopouring out (of a split sack)foshokapour out, be plentiful foshonoradivulge secrets foshorashovel foshoroshovel, spade (in cards)fosiferasiphosphorus fosifetiphosphate foterezafertilizer fotophoto, camera fotokopaphotocopy fotokopiphotocopy fotokopiyaphotocopier fototogoing flat, dying down (of a fire)fototodzalet down (a tyre), undercook fototokago flat foundationfounded fovecaving in, gulping down fovedzadent foveracave in, be dented, be sunken (of lips)fovhorowasted effort fovipopping into the mouth fovoof going soft and starting to rot fovotogoing soft and rotten fovovashrivel fovovoshrivelled crop, shrivelling, caving in fovovodzashrivel (by drying)fovovokashrivel, be emptied out foyatalk rubbish, pester, lie fozofalling from a height fozodzadrop from a height fozokafall from a height fozoradrop from a height Francefacade fuvanishing, blowing, blowing the nose fu-ucooking quickly, reheating, bubbling fudigacover up fudigicovering up fudigiracover over fuduguuncovering fudugukacome uncovered fudugurauncover, open up fudzaherd (livestock), tend, mark (a player)fudzamombecattle egret, herdsman fudzishoulder, upper back fufufield near the homestead, waddling, brim-full fufudzasniff, snort in alarm, raise dust fufudzikawheeze, miscarry fufudzirarummage, search hard fufumuswelling, rising (of a river)fufumukaswell, rise (like dough)fufumuramake swell, make rise fufunaeat and spit out fufunupeeling thin skin fufunukaKufunuka.fufunurapeel off the skin fufurabutterfly, bribe, waddle fufuridzaforage, walk at night through fearsome places fufurobribe, hush money fufutidzacause bloating fufutirwafeel bloated fugacover oneself (with a blanket)fugamakneel fugidzacover fugudurauncover fugurauncover, take off (a blanket)fuhuwarming up briefly fuhukawilt, boil up quickly fuhunuratake the lid off fuhurablanch, cook lightly fuhwirabewitch with a love potion fukacover oneself, wrap (in a blanket), wear fukamisastarve (to death)fukataturn one's back on fukatidzamake someone forget fukenyikanaked person, widely travelled person, great deceiver fukidzacover, cover up (with a cloth)fukidziracover up (to hide)fukidzocloth given to a person possessed by a spirit fukiracover (a pit or pot), cover one's head fukiridzahide away, conceal fukirocovering fukocovering, shroud, blanket given to the mother-in-law fukuboard game with stones, scooping soil, uncovering fuku fukuscooping soil, fluffing feathers fukudzauncover, spread manure fukudzikamiscarry, be loose (of soil)fukufukudust-bathing (of a hen)fukumbaroot with the snout fukumurising early, lacking manners fukumukabe ill-mannered, rise early fukunudigging out of soft soil fukunuradig up, unearth, expose fukunyanod off, wriggle fukunyuraKukonzera kuti chinhu chifukunyuke.fukuradig (loose soil), uncover, overturn fukusascratch at the ground, burrow, throb fukushawalk long distances, weed a large area fukusiradust-bathe (of a hen)fukusirodust bath (of a hen)fukusopoker (for a fire)fukusuturning back fukusukaturn back, retrace one's steps fumabe rich, wealth, dawn (next morning)fumandiwea bargain (seller's word)fumbacover all over, roast in embers, root (like a pig)fumbataclench (the fist), hold in the fist fumbatiraclutch, hold in a closed hand fumbiraKubudisa mhepo nenzira yeruzivo.fumbosleeping drug (of a witch)fumbugrey, grizzled, dun fumbunuraopen (a clenched hand)fumenext morning fumhaswing close past, fan the air, glean fumhatalanding softly (of a big bird)fumhirafan (a fire), swat (flies), keep from boiling over fumhobranch for beating out fires, knitted hat fumirarise early (to do), cover (cooking pumpkins) with leaves fumisaenrich, make rich, do early fumo-first thing tomorrow (verb infix)fumubelittling, shaming publicly fumukabe shameless, be exposed, lose its power (of a charm)fumuraexpose, reveal, shame publicly fumvaramope, sit hunched in sadness funastrip meat off (a carcass)funa funasearch hard, rummage fundastudy, learn, feed well funda [-pfunda]hold in the mouth, tie a knot fundaidzaload heavily, feed abundantly fundeyoung sorghum stalk, sweet reed fundifirst potato shoots fundikaripen in hiding fundikirastep aside (to let someone pass)fundiraripen in hiding, train, read fundisateach fundoeducation, learning fundubulging out fundukabulge out fundumwasulking fundumwadzamake someone sulk fundumwarasulk, scowl fundumwarwasulker fundunduarching the back fundundukaarch the back, bristle fundunduraarch (the back)fundunucoming undone, sitting in silent sadness fundunurauntie

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