tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987855.post7211228412553792434..comments2023-10-02T21:54:42.545+05:30Comments on SteveCentral: It Will Cost You Everything....Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12776663480522568025noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987855.post-73097384961825124482007-03-03T04:40:00.000+05:302007-03-03T04:40:00.000+05:30Not entirely true, your honour. Shona actually con...Not entirely true, your honour. Shona actually consists of about six major dialects (standardized by missionaries, based on one the dialects, chiZezuru.) In at least one of them, chiNdau, spoken in the eastern border region, mukiwa is commonly used as a term for white man (it actually means 'fig', the inside of which is a pink colour, like the colour of a white man's skin - hence the term. Some Karangas (another Shona clan, who live adjacent to Great Zimbabwe), and Shangaans (who live in the Save valley), also use this word, as do Kalanga and, as you point out, the Ndebele. It is widely used as a slang term among many black Zimbabweans of the Shona persuasion. MuRungu is also used, as is MuBhunu - meaning Boer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17651863634945425086noreply@blogger.com