Mazwi ane P.

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

pukusatrek (on foot), tickle pukutawipe, dry, squander (money)pumafade (of cloth), soft blanket, army truck pumbuzikagrope along, stray pumbuziragrope in the dark pumhashake out (dust), falsely accuse, add malt (to beer)pumhukastampede, bolt pumurisagive a rest, refresh pundabe puffy (of eyes)pundirago lumpy (of sadza)pundudzareach puberty (of a boy)pundukaprosper, become well-off pundutsahelp to prosper, enrich pundutsobenefit, profit, reward pungainsult, pick cotton, adjust (a quantity)pungairafume, be upset punguratake a portion, share out, divide pungweall-night vigil, wartime night meeting punhalittle girl punhurakick punyairapucker up (to cry), be close to tears punyn'a punyn'afrustration, restlessness punyukaescape, get away, slip free punyuralet go, release punyutsahelp escape, set free punzasmash, break, trouble (the mind)punzikafall down, break, collapse pupafoam, froth, rage pupidzaparboil (meat for drying)pupirafroth up, boil pupudzastay up all night pupumafoam, froth pupuratestify, bear witness, confess pupuriratestify for, bear witness pupururufoolish, flutter (of a small bird)purathresh, beat, reap a big harvest puragiplug socket, power point puramuplum puranaplan (lessons), prepare teaching work puranderaplanter, ox-drawn seed drill puraniplan, building plan, blueprint purasitaplaster cast, plaster (on a wall)purasitikiplastic puratiprinting plate puratuniplatoon purazifarm puremapram, baby carriage pureshapressure (air), crush of people, pushing and shoving puretiplate purezhapleasure, good time out purezidhendipresident, head of an organisation purifekitiprefect purindaprint, printer puriradress up, dress expensively purizevhapreserve puroowl (kind that roosts in thatch), barn owl purofesaprofessor purofitiprofit purogiramaschedule (programmes), program (a computer)purogiramuprogramme, schedule, computer program purojekitaprojector purojekitiproject puromoshenipromotion (at work), sales promotion purovhinziprovince purutights, tight-fitting women's garment purukafly off, flutter puruputikathrash in death throes, kick convulsively pururastrip (leaves) by hand, rinse, pay condolences pururustripping off leaves (ideophone)pururudzaululate pururudziraululate for, cheer on with ululation, welcome with ululation purutanaheed advice, be receptive puruzirastroke, caress, pet puruzvirastroke gently, caress pusabe foolish, foolish, stupid pushirasmear all over, overdo (work)putasmoke (tobacco), take snuff, flap wings in a fight putanawrinkle, shrivel, shrink putelarge boil, being befuddled (ideophone), covering the face (ideophone)putipop (sound of bursting)putikaburst, explode, burst out (laughing)putirawrap, wrap up (in cloth or paper)putiridzawrap up carefully, wrap up thoroughly putirwanaive, unaware of what is going on putisamake burst, blow up putitsamake burst, blow up, detonate putsabreak, smash, break up (a home or marriage)putsikabreak, get broken, shatter putsiravent (anger) on, take out (frustration) on putudzareach puberty (of a boy)putugadziketea PutugaroPortugal putunuof untying, of coming loose putunukacome untied, come undone, unravel putyuof popping out (a seed from its husk), of piercing through (something thin), of giving birth puuof falling down, thud puvasplash (of something big falling into water)puvirawander blindly, head into the unknown, meddle blindly (in a matter)puvuof oversalting (food), of smearing on too much oil (on the face)puvuriraoversalt, put too much salt in (food), smear too much oil on (the face)puwabe given puzuzuof looking foolish, of a blank, foolish look puzvurabe made a fool of, be humiliated in public pwadry up (of water), crack (sound of splitting), pop (sound of bursting)pwaaof a loud slap, smack pwaduof snapping (something hard), of cracking, of a hard slap pwakaof treading on something with a crack pwakataof thunder rumbling pwanyacrush, smash, shatter pwanya-pwanyasmash to pieces, crush to bits pwanyuof crushing, of crunching pwapwanyuof crunching bones pwapwanyuracrunch (bones), chew noisily (bones)pwapwatikacrackle, sizzle (of meat on the fire)pwapwatisafry until it sizzles, sizzle in oil pwashaof being squashed flat pwashamabe squashed flat, be flattened pwashamarabe dented, crumple, be squashed in pwashapwashaof caving in underfoot, of squashing flat pwashararabe flat, be deflated pwashashaof going flat (a tyre), of looking glum pwataof something light dropping, of a slap on the cheek pwata pwataof dung dropping (from cattle)pwatamisadrop dung everywhere (of cattle)pwatiof bursting out laughing, of bursting open pwati pwatisizzle (of oil when frying)pwatikaburst (when squeezed), burst out laughing pwatisasqueeze out, burst (by squeezing), squash pwatsiraflatten (a crop), knock down (standing maize)pwavashaof sitting idle pweof answering back, of saying a word back pwerawean, stop breastfeeding pwereyoung child, little one pwerekabehave childishly, be immature pwerukaslip down (of trousers or a skirt), sag pwesheof sitting idle, of sitting sprawled (a heavy person)pweshuof there being very many, of squashing (something soft)pweshukirabe squashed, burst under weight pweteof dropping with a splat (something soft), of giving birth pwetere pwetereof talking nonsense, of prattling pwevahave an itchy rash, come out in swellings pwevevago down (of a swelling), subside, recede (of a river)pwi pwi pwiof giggling, of stifled laughter pwidamock, taunt pwipwiof laughing with amusement pwipwinyikagiggle nervously, stifle a laugh pwiru pwiruof screwing up the face (before crying)pwisawin an argument (against), convince, outargue pwitisquelch, of squashing (something wet)pwititiof dust or smoke rising pwititidzaraise dust, stir up (dust or smoke)pwititikarise (of dust or smoke), be dusty, be smoky pwizhizhalook guilty, be downcast (from guilt)pwizhizhiof looking sad, of a downcast face

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