"zai" meaning in Shona

See zai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: zái [canonical, class-5], mazái [class-6, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́. Etymology templates: {{inh|sn|bnt-pro|*ìgɪ́}} Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́ Head templates: {{sn-noun|zái|5}} zái class 5 (plural mazái class 6)
  1. egg Synonyms: zanda [Manyika]
    Sense id: en-zai-sn-noun-NHB8P0Df Categories (other): Shona entries with incorrect language header

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Shona dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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