Hanzvadzi

brother or sister of the opposite sex

Ukama uhu

Kana uri musikana, hanzvadzi yako mukomana womumhuri yenyu. Kana uri mukomana, hanzvadzi yako musikana womumhuri yenyu. Tete ihanzvadzi yababa, uye sekuru ihanzvadzi yaamai. Hanzvadzi dzinofanira kutaurirana zvine rukudzo.

Mienzaniso

Hanzvadzi yangu, Diana, ndiye akatadza kuzvibatawo panguva iyoyo nokuti akaikwetsura mhere.

Hanzvadzi yangu akanga ave nenguva refu achigadzirira zuva iri saka mari nezvokudya zvezuva iri zvainge zvisingazivani.

Mwana wehanzvadzi yangu rega ndikubayire zanhi.

DiviOwn generation

Anokudana kutiHanzvadzi

KukwazisaHanzvadzi; a tete speaks of her brother's child as mwana wehanzvadzi.

In English

Hanzvadzi is a brother if you are a girl, or a sister if you are a boy, including the cousins counted as your siblings.

Hanzvadzi is a sibling of the opposite sex: a girl's brother or a boy's sister. A Shona dictionary extends it to the children of all your 'mothers' and 'fathers', meaning the children of your mother's sisters and of your father's brothers. Several other kin terms are built on it: tete is your father's hanzvadzi, sekuru is your mother's hanzvadzi, and a man's muzukuru is the child of his hanzvadzi.

Brother and sister must keep the respectful register (chinyarikani) with each other, and a Dada Nerurimi lesson blames the loss of that respect for scandals between hanzvadzi. The bond lasts for life: a tete speaks of her brother's child as mwana wehanzvadzi, and when a man dies his sisters take part in the inheritance ceremony alongside his younger brothers and the vazukuru.

Mibvunzo.

What does hanzvadzi mean in Shona?

Hanzvadzi means a sibling of the opposite sex: a girl's brother or a boy's sister.

Why is tete called the father's hanzvadzi?

Because tete is your father's sister, his sibling of the opposite sex. In the same way sekuru is your mother's hanzvadzi, her brother.

Hama dzedivi rimwe chete.

MukomaMukoma means your older brother or sister, and it is also a respectful way to address anyone older than you.SisiSisi means sister: a girl's older sister, or a boy's sister, and it is also a friendly way to address a young woman.Munin'inaMunin'ina, also written munun'una, is your younger brother or sister.

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