ndzava

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tsonga ndzava.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈndza.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈndza.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈndza.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈndza.vɐ/ [ˈnðza.vɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈndza.vɐ/ [ˈnðza.vɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈndza.bɐ/ [ˈnðza.βɐ]

• (Mozambique) IPA^(key): [ˈndza.vɐ]
• Hyphenation: ndza‧va

Noun

ndzava f (plural ndzavas) (Mozambique)

1. exchange of greetings
   • 2019 February 25, Suleiman Cassamo, O regresso do morto: Contos‎^[1], Editora Kapulana, →ISBN:

     Houve a habitual ndzava, a velha queixando-se das pernas e o homem lamentando a tosse, mas sem nada de grave.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. news
3. court proceeding