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Vamwene

husband's mother (mother-in-law)

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Vamwene ndimai vomurume wako, kana uri mukadzi akaroorwa. Muroora anofanira kukwazisa vamwene vake nokuvaremekedza. Vamwene vanodaidza mukadzi womwanakomana wavo kuti muroora. Mukuwasha anowanzodaidza mai vomudzimai wake kuti ambuya.

Mienzaniso

Mai vaSekai vakasvika ndokukwazisa vamwene vavo, gare gare ndokubva vagara pasi vobatsirana rwenga rwuya.

Vamwene, amai vemurume vakachema nenyaya iyi saka vaishungurudzwawo nekuita kwemwana wavo.

Muroora akangoti gare gare pamusha pavamwene achibva azodzokera kumba kwake.

Mibvunzo.

What does vamwene mean in Shona?

Vamwene means mother-in-law: a married woman's husband's mother. She calls her daughter-in-law muroora.

What is the difference between vamwene and ambuya?

A daughter-in-law calls her husband's mother vamwene, while a son-in-law usually calls his wife's mother ambuya.

Hama dzedivi rimwe chete.

AmbuyaAmbuya is what a man calls his wife's mother, a relationship of strict respect in Shona custom.TezvaraTezvara, usually said as vatezvara out of respect, is the father of your wife or husband.MurumeMurume means husband, and also simply man; a Shona wife may address her husband as baba vevana, 'father of the children'.MukadziMukadzi means wife, and also simply woman; mudzimai is another common word for a wife.MurooraMuroora is a son's wife, the daughter-in-law, who in Shona custom marries into her husband's whole family.MukuwashaMukuwasha, also written mukwasha, is a daughter's husband, the son-in-law, who owes his wife's family lifelong help and respect.
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