Kwaunobva

Mazwi ane M.

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

mushechecoarse sand, river sandmushengerebroad-leaved tree of anthillsmushezaflowering highland treemushinaMuti wezviwanikwa.mushindaMutonje.mushingibrave person, daring person, persevering personmushinhitroublemaker, malicious personmushinimachinemushiningahard labour, toilmushiraratree used for tool handlesmushishiKana chinhu chikanzi mushishi kureva kuti chinenge chiri chemberi uye chakanaka.mushishiminaughty child, troublesome childmushizetree with male and female flowersmushomayoungster (as a form of address)muShonaShona personmushongamedicine, drug, remedymushonga unorwisa mabhakitiriyaantibioticmushonga wemusanamale potency medicine, aphrodisiacmushongoMusambarahwa-hwa.mushongotismall-grain seedmushoperidiviner, seer, client of a divinermushopwidestitute personmushoreShuramurove.mushoriwadespised person, Moyo Njaira praise namemushozhowareddish-leaved tree with goat-browsed fruitmushukuwild loquat treemushumboMushumbo kudokwairira kunoita munhu kurara nemumwe waanenge achiva.mushumhajackalberry treemushumiriminister, servant (of God)mushunalean meatmushunjebeer pot left at a gravemushurwishort adult, small-bodied personmushushioppressor, tormentor, persecutormushwatihard tree with peeling barkmushwavoshrub whose fruit makes dance rattlesmushwehwawaist-tied garmentmushwinaked, stark nakedmusiday, daytime, on the day (of)musikamarket, bus terminus, sadza whiskmusikanagirl, young womanmusikana anoshanda mumbahousemaid, maidmusikanzwadisobedience, naughtiness, mischiefMusikarudzicreator of the nations, first ancestormusikavakadzifertility medicinemusikicreator, the Creatormusikisapot handlemusimawomen's chest wrapmusimbatibushy tree with small cream flowersmusimbirakutetebullymusimboticentre pole (of a hut), mainstay, core, principlemusimbwastubborn reluctance, foot-draggingmusimhaburrow, deep holemusimwatransplanted maize seedlingmusindelowly person, small silver fishmusindonoise, din, uproarmusingaelephant's trunk, sweet potato fieldmusingwenaburrowmusingwinadeep pitmusinirwavolunteer sprouts, leftover tuber that resproutsmusinzwidisobedient person, person with small eyesmusioMushoko wekukumbira neruzivo.musipitivery tall tree, standing stock-stillmusiposoap plantmusipwitall straight smooth-barked treemusirasmall meal basketmusiringasyringa treemusisihandle (of a pot, hoe or axe)musisidzoletting the calf suckle before milkingmusiwascantily clad personmusiwodoorway, door, entrancemusiyaRuvara rutema nenzira yeruzivo.musiyanodifference, distinction, contrastmusiyapadukuleaving work half-done, incomplete workmusiyiwaorphan, one left bereavedmusodzitear (from the eye), bambara nut varietymusojasoldiermusokeriexpatriate, person living abroadmusokosochain of misfortunesmusondyahardwood tree of sandy soilsmusongoraneck (of a slaughtered chicken)musonitailormusonoseam, stitches (surgical)musonzwanagun muzzlemusoperolong herding whip, hooked polemusorispymusorohead, topic, titlemusorobhanguoversized headmusudzewater storage potmusudzofart, flatulencemusumbafever tea bushmusumbubundle of grass, sheafmusumburumbucluster, flock, bunchmusumimessenger, go-between, intermediarymusumointroduction (of a book), preface, first beer offered to the hostmusumudzofinal lobola payment (to take the bride), messenger's feemusundyusummit, highest pointmusungastrong beer for honoured guestsmusungorope, cord, snaremusungudurwawhole marula kernelmusungwaprisoner, detaineemusunzibeggar, scrounger, small personmusuodoor, entrance, doorwaymusurebehind, aftermususutree carved into yokesmusuvamorsel, mouthful (of sadza)musuwodoorway, entrance, doormusvasvishort tree with grey edible fruitmusvetailmusvisweet juice, nectar, honey dripmusvingobowstringmusvinuwell-built person, healthy personmusvitasmall-leaved wild figmusvitsabride (in white), generous hostmusvitsoevergreen shrub with red inedible fruitmusvonaked person, threshed grain, loose coinsmusvobowhole marula kernelmusvoisweet sorghum varietymusvongodograss with a round tubermusvororotall thin personmusvosvofloor tampermusvotahavaextreme lazinessmusvovione who slips away unseenmusvukuthick nasal mucus, whole marula kernelmusvungudurwawhole marula kernelmusvuurenaked-neck chickenmuswafully fermented beermuswaswaclimbing plant with red edible fruitmuswetail, laggard, last onemuswedzwaleftover sadzamuswerethe whole day, all day longmusweroway of spending the day, daily routinemuswindanakedness, naked personmutabvundaflimsy see-through garmentmutadzisinner, wrongdoer, evildoermutadzvathick soured milk, monkey orange juicemutakamud washed for goldmutakatirathe whole daymutakuraboiled mixed dry grains and legumesmutakuraberemarriage by abductionmutakuricarrier, porter, bearermutambamonkey orange treemutambanevhuskilled farmermutambapadzirishrewd judge, sharp arbitermutambarakedecarefree life, easy livingmutambatuwedark purplish redmutambavhuforeigner, immigrantmutambiplayer, dancer, actormutambi wegitareguitaristmutambi wengomadrummermutambikocarrying polemutambirireceptionist, host who welcomes guestsmutambogame, match, play (drama)mutambo we play stationPlayStation game, video gamemutamiperson who keeps moving house, wanderermutandabicycle frame, row of kernels (on a maize cob)mutandangoziroot medicine burnt to drive off evil spiritsmutandanguloud drumbeatmutandarikogate bar, kraal railmutandespite, spiteful deprivationmutandobead necklacemutangaherd, heap of unthreshed milletmutangatsapipregnancy before marriagemutangifounder, initiatormutanharidge, upland, areamutanhomutanhufodder rack, log bridge, milemutanohealthy personmutapatapasoaking-wet thingmutapevery old manmutapicaptor, abductormutapopotter's clay, claymutapwacaptive, prisoner of warmutararahardwood tree with long-burning firewoodmutararowashing line, drying linemutarewitch's intended victimmutarivisitor of the sickmutarikowashing line, drying linemutaririoverseer, supervisor, guardianmutariropostponement, suspension (of work), deferral (of sentence)mutaroline, stripemutasvirider, horsemanmutatazhabig old animalmutatsinewcomer, new settlermutatuthree-strand plait, three hearthstones, three-speed bicyclemutatyayoung frog, frogletmutaurispeaker, narrator, spokespersonmutaurolanguage, speech, quarrelmutavaraloincloth, waist wrapmutavirotall strong personmutedelength of fishing line below the floatmuteedzerideputy, vice-chairperson, next-born siblingmuteererilistenermuteerifollowermutefutefubog, quagmireMutekedzaMutekedza (chieftainship)mutekenyidriver, operator, pilotmuteketerisong leader, officiant at ancestral ritesmutemablack personmutemaregewanton killingmutembonappy, apostolic loinclothmutememonkey orange treemutemolaw, rule, regulationmutendainvalid, bedridden patientmutendareveyes-manmutendekaindex finger, forefingermutendekitrustworthy person, faithful personmutendenitree with an edible famine tubermutenderibeliever, Christian, one who consentsmutendibelievermutenganagudobarter, swapmutenganoexchange, bartermutengeranwastringed instrument, harpmutengesiseller, vendor, traitormutengibuyer, customer, consumermutengoprice, cost, ratemutenjecheap flimsy clothmutenulow-lying ground, dipmutepediviner's opening fee, medicinal riverside treemutepfetepfesoft seat, soft cushioningmutepfutepfusomething very softmuterenheriuseless worker, good-for-nothingmutererainability to bear living children, recurrent stillbirthmuteresitax collectormuterotax, rent, tributemutetefee paid to a n'anga, fine money, shrine snuffmutetenerwaroasted salted peanutsmuteuroprayer, invocationmutevedzerideputy, vice-, next-born siblingmuteveramen's knee-length wrap, late-planted cropmuteverifollower, disciplemutewatree with reddish fruitmuteyitrapper, fowlermuteyotrap, witch-finding medicine, muteyo treemutezolimb, body part, membermutitree, medicine, drugmuti usina zitanameless treemutibwasleeping under a single clothmutigidawraparound clothmutikitivhadetectivemutimbanight bride escortmutimbwawaist beadsmutimwiprotective waist charmmutindaKana munhu achinzi mutinda anenge ane mumhu mukuru chaizvo.mutinhimirarhythm, tune, rhythm of a poem or songmutinhiroroar, boom, rumblemutininistubbornness, obstinacymutininostubborn personmutirauzitrousers, long trousersmutiridark grey soil, tree with edible rootsmutisalong narrow cloth

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