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Shona
Shona
See also: shona
English
Proper noun
Shona
- A language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
- The Bantu tribes who speak Shona.
Translations
language
See also
External links
- ISO 639-1 code sn, ISO 639-3 code sna
- Ethnologue entry for Shona, sn
Etymology 2
Scottish Anglicized form of Seonag ( =Joan) and an American variant of Shauna.
Proper noun
Shona
- A female given name.
Anagrams
shona
shona
See also: Shona
Finnish
Noun
shona
Declension
| Inflection of shona (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | shona | shonat | |
| genitive | shonan | shonien | |
| partitive | shonaa | shonia | |
| illative | shonaan | shoniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | shona | shonat | |
| accusative | nom. | shona | shonat |
| gen. | shonan | ||
| genitive | shonan | shonien shonainrare |
|
| partitive | shonaa | shonia | |
| inessive | shonassa | shonissa | |
| elative | shonasta | shonista | |
| illative | shonaan | shoniin | |
| adessive | shonalla | shonilla | |
| ablative | shonalta | shonilta | |
| allative | shonalle | shonille | |
| essive | shonana | shonina | |
| translative | shonaksi | shoniksi | |
| instructive | — | shonin | |
| abessive | shonatta | shonitta | |
| comitative | — | shonineen | |