Ukama

Muzukuru

Niece / nephew / cousin

What it means

A nephew is a son of a person's sibling, and a niece is a daughter of a person's sibling; the same term is extended to certain cousins and to grandchildren, reflecting the classificatory nature of Shona kinship terms.

Anodaidzwa kuti

Sekuru / Tete / Ambuya

Verenga zvimwe

Dzose

HanzvadziThe term a person uses for a sibling of the opposite sex; in the...MurooraA son's wife, regarded as belonging to her husband's whole family.MukuwashaA daughter's husband, who owes his wife's family lasting duties of assistance...VamweneAn alternate term for a husband's mother, used especially by a...