Chikunda English

born, be

(Shona) ti

ask

noun white (colour)

noun red (colour)

fear

(Shona) -kora

push

(Shona) mutsipa

alone

verb sit

give greetings

(Shona) amai

little

few

pay

(Shona) rurimi

remain

(Shona) chitaka

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

break

(Shona) imi

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

do

(Shona) piri

cockroaches

grooms

bulls

maternal aunt

singers

monkeys

mothers

fathers

maternal grandfathers

paternal grandfathers

grandchildren

bark

how many

dead bodies

old

question what?

noun foot (not leg)

cock

wind

bald

garden

noun eye

hundred

noun egg

Yesterday I didn’t see you

noun sun

verb (imperative) kill

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

pronoun inclusive we

comb

noun mouth

twelve

have diarrhea

(Shona) nyoka

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

burned

raise

(Shona) zamu

rotten

dry

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

boats

west

flowers

left

twins

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

ladders

summer

mosquitoes

tribes

trees

impala

noun root (botanics)

fruit

dark

fly

I did not give you the money

I don’t know

I will give you the money

female

female

chickens

orphan

tribe

flea

pythons

days

verb kind

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword

roof

noun fish

animal

meat

buffaloes

elephant

elephants

rhinoceros

nine

wing

Goodbye

friends

insects

young birds

noun smoke (of fire)