Kwaunobva: Tsika dzevaShona

Shona heritage in your pocket, fully offline. Mitupo, tsumo, zvirahwe, ngano and a complete duramazwi, all on your device.

Mutupo wako nedetembo rawo. Tsumo nezvirahwe. Ngano dzepasi chigare. Kwaunobva puts Shona heritage in your pocket, fully offline: totems and praise poems, proverbs, riddles, idioms, customs, kinship, folktales, and a full duramazwi for the words in between.

Open it when a totem, a proverb or a word comes up and you want the real thing, not a paraphrase.

Kwaunobva includes:

• MITUPO, TOTEMS AND PRAISE POEMS Shumba, Moyo, Shava, Soko, Nzou, Tembo, Gumbo, Hungwe, Nyati and many more, each clan with its own praise poem.

• TSUMO, PROVERBS Shona proverbs, each with its meaning, not just the saying.

• ZVIRAHWE, RIDDLES Riddles that hold their answer behind a tap, so you guess before you look, the way a chirahwe is meant to be asked.

• MORE COLLECTIONS Nyaudzosingwi (ideophones), Madimikira (idioms), Ruzivo (customs and ceremonies), Ukama (kinship terms), Mutauro (grammar notes), Ngano (folktales, read as a story) and Zviera (taboos and wisdom).

• DURAMAZWI, THE DICTIONARY Shona headwords with English glosses, part of speech and related words.

• SEARCH IN SHONA OR ENGLISH Type a Shona word or its English meaning and find it. Search understands Shona word forms, not just exact spelling.

• OFFLINE, ALWAYS Every entry is stored on the device, so it works anywhere, with or without a connection.

Kwaunobva idhuramazwi rechiShona rine tsumo, mitupo, madimikira, zvirahwe nengano, zvose mune app imwe, pasina indaneti. Tsvaga izwi rako muChiShona kana muChirungu, dzidza nezvemitupo, verenga tsumo nengano, zvose zvakachengetwa mufoni yako.