Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "zamewa" ita ce aikin rasa ƙafar ƙafa ko daidaitawa da kusan faɗuwa, ko motsi cikin kwanciyar hankali da nutsuwa daga wurin. Hakanan yana iya nufin yin kuskure ko kuskure, ko rasa matsayi, fa'ida, ko matakin aiki a baya. Bugu da ƙari, "zamewa" na iya nufin rasawa ko rage wani abu a hankali, kamar ƙarfi, sarrafawa, ko tasiri.
that the coins were slipping through her fingers
