Chikunda English

born, be

(Shona) ti

adjective full

arrive

noun red (colour)

verb sleep

frighten

(Shona) munhu

talk

(Shona) -shambira

verb bite

kick

(Shona) nyama

verb drink

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

cook

(Shona) kwete

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

remain

(Shona) chitaka

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

noun green (colour)

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

watch

(Shona) -sona

crabs

women

sons-in-law

brides

singers

younger brothers

mothers

paternal grandmothers

husbands

sisters

younger sisters

name (family)

lizard

pronoun all (of a number)

how many

impossible

second

shell

owl

adjective name

word

banana

noun blood

verb (imperative) kill

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

fourteen

thick

at

have diarrhea

(Shona) nyoka

press

(Shona) dumbu

sad

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

rich

adjective big

silent

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

east

verb words

bananas

fat

fifty

sixty

twenty

twins

verb, transitive embers

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

ponds

mosquitoes

farms

priest

farmer

salt

husband

baby

fruit

younger sister

puddles

verb, intransitive drums

I will not give you the money

better

snore

(Shona) -fa

day after tomorrow

fish(es)

noun feather (large, not down)

bags

girl

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

singer

leopard

ocean, sea

buffaloes

then

ground

numeral two

cheek

(Shona) huruva

bowstrings

hyena

brother-in-law

there

babies