Mazwi ane R.

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

rr (letter)raof (possessive, class 5)rabadaof collapsing, of lying limp rabada rabadaof galloping, of a big animal running rabadikaamble (of a tall person), walk slowly rabadu rabaduof a tall person ambling rabadutsatire out, exhaust rabanuof drawing out (something long)rabanukauncoil, stretch out (of a snake)rabanuraunwind (thread), ramble on, talk at length rabarabasomething very long, of being extra long rabharubber, eraser, erase rabhirabbi, teacher, offcut of cloth rabhoritarilaboratory, science lab rabuof lying down limp, of lying down at ease rabu bhiof falling full length with a thud rabudzalull to sleep, put to sleep (a child)raburatrip up, throw down (a person)rabvanyurabite off a big chunk (of meat)rabvuof a horse galloping rabvukabe tender (of meat), bite through easily racharadabudzatrip and throw down radaguof falling heavily radagukafall backwards heavily, fall on the back of the head radanuof coming undone, of unravelling radanuraundo, unravel radyangurashove down, knock down (a person)radzaleave fallow (a field), keep overnight (food), leave for a while radzikalay down, lay (a child) down to sleep, lay out (the dead) for burial radzikidzalay down gently, put down carefully radziraleave fallow (a field), leave (a fish trap) set, leave as it is rafufury, angry, insulting talk rafurasnap at, speak harshly to ragaragga (music)ragadahit, strike (a person)ragadudzatrip up (a person)ragaduraknock down, kick (with the hind legs)ragirug, fringed blanket ragibhirugby raguof lounging at ease, of sprawling relaxed ragukafall hard (after a shove)raibhurarilibrary, music library (radio)raichirashovel together, heap up (with a shovel)raidzaraimulime, limestone rainiline, row, row of houses rairaadvise, instruct, counsel rairidzateach, instruct rairoadvice, counsel, instructions raitaarmed robber, bandit raitiall right, fine, right raitin'ihandwriting raitiramark (written work), correct rakabudiswaissued, published rakadabe astringent, pucker the mouth (of unripe fruit)rakadhindwaprinted rakadzinit, louse egg rakakiyiwalocked rakaputswabroken, demolished rakashahit, strike (a person)rakashandurwatranslated, changed rakashirogill (of a fish)rakashukalie sprawled, sprawl like a drunk rakataof things scattered everywhere, of fruit dropping all over, of lying scattered (cattle)rakatikafizzle out, be forgotten rakazoteverathat followed, next raketiracket (tennis)rakwabe sated, have had your fill, be fed up with ramangwanafuture, tomorrow, the next day ramanimap rambarefuse, reject, deny rambanadivorce, separate, break up rambanyn'uof animals running about in high spirits rambarambaof many things lying together rambilamp, paraffin lamp rambidzaforbid, prohibit, prevent rambirastay put, get stuck, refuse to leave rambirirapersist, hold on stubbornly, stay jammed rambo-keep on (doing), continue rambwaold buffalo bull, throat sores (childhood illness)ramutukuof getting up suddenly and leaving ramwarefuse in anger, sulk ramwirarefuse (from someone) in anger, withhold in anger, give lavishly ramwira gotsiturn your back on, snub, ignore randarob, swindle, take by force randabvuof tearing (meat) with force randabvuratear (meat) apart, rip into (meat)randamuof falling heavily randanguof crashing down with a thud randauof cutting deep randau randauof swaggering, of strutting randaurahack deep (into), cut deep (with an axe)randazukatear (of meat when bitten)randazuratear off (meat from a bone) with the teeth randerarecite aloud, sing out loud, chant randirand (South African money)randuradeny stubbornly, refuse to admit (guilt)randutsirabreak up (a fight), separate (fighters), make peace between randwea kind of grass or seed rangapunish, discipline ranganaagree (on a plan), arrange together, plot rangariraremember, recall, think back on rangepunish rangwandaof things strewn everywhere, skeleton, bare bones rangwanitall thin person, beanpole ranhasiof today, today's, this day ranjangukafall heavily, crash down ranjanjaof collapsing limp ranjibhokisilunch box ranjisiorange (fruit)ranziray (of light), sunbeam, shaft of light rapacure, heal, treat rapanurasolve (a riddle), interpret (a riddle)rapataof lying limp, of lying exhausted rapatikacollapse, fall down helpless rapiratake a token part (in a ritual), give protective medicine (to a child), treat against (an illness)rapuof springing back straight rarasleep, lie down, litter, rubbish raradzabe dead drunk, drink yourself senseless raramalive, survive, be alive raramiroway of life, lifestyle, manner of living raramisasustain, keep alive, provide for raranjiorange (fruit)rararaof things wrecked, of things standing tall in rows raravhunzeMuraravhunze.rareof lining up in order, of spreading all over (a place)rarirabrood (eggs), sit on (eggs), stay up all night (doing)rarisaoversleep, sleep long, make drowsy rasathrow away, lose rasa gwarago astray, stray from the path, lose your way rasa munhuabandon (someone), let (someone) down rasa njerelose your senses, go out of your mind rasa [-rasha]lose, throw away, abandon rasanalose each other, get separated rashathrow away, lose your way rashikaget lost, go astray, be mistaken RashiyaRussia rashuof lying at ease, of lounging rashukalie back at ease, sprawl out relaxed rasikaget lost, be lost, go astray rasika njerelose your senses rasikiraend up (somewhere unexpected), spill (on something), slop over rasikirwalose, be bereaved, miss out rasiparasp, wood file rasirathrow away, cast off rasirirapass on (an avenging spirit), offload (a curse)rasisagive (someone) the slip, mislead, make (someone) lose rasvuof striding ratairon sheet, roofing sheet ratataof leaving things exposed, of sleeping uncovered ratidzashow, point out, indicate ratidzikalook (like), seem, appear ratidzirademonstrate, protest ratidzosign, omen, token RatiniLatin RativhiyaLatvia ratu ratuof running with long strides, of bounding ratukafly out (of sparks), stride out, give up ratyacoals, embers, of things tossed carelessly ratyairawalk feebly, walk unarmed rauof pulling apart, of separating raudzabe excessive, be more than enough, exceed raudziraoverflow, be in excess, be more than enough raukastray from the herd, stand out (from the rest)raundiround (of drinks), round (in boxing), savings club round raurafish (with a trap), trap fish ravaread, count ravadzanatake turns (in groups), work in shifts ravanatake turns, work in turns ravandirolarge grasshopper (red-winged, white-spotted)raviof tasting (food)ravidzagive a taste, let (someone) taste ravirataste, sample (food)raviroGod-given gift, talent rawahas fallen rayidzagive a taste, rush (someone) ahead of time rayiraadvise, instruct, exhort rayiroinstruction, rule, guidance razanapick teams, choose sides razibheriraspberry (cordial), red cordial razvaof showing off, of thinking yourself the best razvoflame razvu razvuof a tall person striding razvukabound, leap (while running)reof (possessive, class 5)rebabe tall, be long rebenuralengthen, make longer, extend RebhanoniLebanon rebhulab, laboratory rebhurulabel rebvumaize silk recherafirst leaves (of greens or tobacco)rechimangwanathe next day, the following morning rechiutoof the army redhiyasiradius redhiyetaradiator redhiyoradio, stereo redzvalengthen, prolong referendamureferendum refulong, tall refurireferee regastop, quit, leave, let be, let regereggae regedzalet go, release, let be regedzekabe loose, sag, be slack regedzeralet go, release, ride no-hands (a bicycle)regerastop, cease, leave alone regereraforgive, pardon, be lenient regerera maokobe slack, be careless (in work), be half-hearted regerera mwoyogive in to desire, be self-indulgent regereraiforgive regereroforgiveness, pardon regererwabe spoiled, be out of control rego-stop (doing), not regwedekawalk feebly, be weak, be listless rehydrogenhydrogen reislate (for writing)rejesitaregister, enrol, class register rejimendiregiment rejisitaregister, sign in, enrol rejistaregister rekarake, stop (doing), leave off rekenicatapult, slingshot, rubber strip rekeralet go, release, leave off rekirake, pattern tool (in knitting)rekichalecture, give a lecture rekicharalecturer rekodharecord, note down, eavesdrop (to report)rekodhirecord (music disc)rekuriraconvenient remabe heavy, be difficult, fool remadzacripple, disable, maim remafuta akawandisacholesterol remanilemon remarabe disabled, be crippled, be deformed rembapull down (a branch), bend down rembedewlap, throat swelling (in cattle)rembededisabled person, lame animal rembedzalet hang, hang (a curtain), carry dangling rembedza muromopout, look downcast rembereMukoronga.rembeteteof dangling loosely rembukabe stringy, stretch and stick (like okra)remburapull at, drag down rembweslimy white matter in cow dung remedzaburden, weigh down, overload remekedzarespect, honour remudzarelieve of a load, comfort, console rendarent

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