zamu
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Shona[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from a Khoe language; compare Khoekhoe sams.
Noun[edit]
zámú class 5 (plural mazámú class 6)
- breast (mammary organ)
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Omani Arabic زام (zām, “one's turn; one's duty”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zamu (n class, plural zamu)
- turn (one's chance to use or do something, as in a game)
- 15 October 1999, Abdallah Chekanae, "Nyerere" (poem published in Uhuru):
- Ikifika zamu yangu, Nyerere anipokee
When my turn comes, may Nyerere receive me- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2004, Z. Burhani, Kipimo cha mizani, page 183:
- Tena Mwenyekiti alimgeukia Salama na kumwambia: "Sasa ni zamu yako. Utaweza kutuelezea mashtaka yako?"
Again the Chairman turned to Salama and said to him: "Now it is your turn. Will you be able to tell us your accusation?"- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 15 October 1999, Abdallah Chekanae, "Nyerere" (poem published in Uhuru):
- duty, responsibility
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- Shona lemmas
- Shona nouns
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- sw:Games