Shona
Color and Clothing
Color and Clothing
Vocabulary
- color –
- dema/tema – (pitch) black tema-tema – jet black
- chena – white
- tsvuku – red
- girini – green
- bhuluu – blue
- ranjisi – orange
- bhurawuni – brown
- pingi – pink
- pepo – purple
- pfumbu/pfupfu – grey, pfumbu tema – dark grey, pfumbu chena – light grey
- rasha – charcoal grey
- Mbuuu/sirivha – silver
- jenero/chenero – cream
- huroro/ibve-ibve – yellow
- ndarama – (gold/golden)
- miring/wayini – wine red
- nundu – maroon
- clothes
- zvipfeko – clothes
- pfeka – wear
- siketi – skirt
- bhurauzi – blouse(s)
- hembe – shirt
- tirauzi – trousers
- juzi – sweater
- bhachi – jacket
- chibhachi – coat
- masoksi – socks
- shoes – bhutsu
- mapijama – pajama
- nduwe – underwear
Scenario: My Shona friend has called me during the winter, and I am describing the clothes I am wearing.
“Shamwari yangu, Ndakapfeka bhurauzi jena, juzi dzvuku, bhachi dema, tirauzi regirini, masokisi ebhurawuni, nebhutsu nhema.” – My friend, I am wearing a white blouse, a red sweater, a black jacket, green trousers, brown socks, and black boots.
