Chikunda English

noun white (colour)

leave

(Shona) nyanga

verb die

bury

(Shona) pano

verb sleep

sell

(Shona) -furidza

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

another

some

verb fat

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

adjective new

catch

(Shona) ani

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

noun green (colour)

break

(Shona) imi

try

(Shona) -pota

do

(Shona) piri

sons-in-law

bulls

virgins

leopards

father-in-law

adverb not

wives

brothers

elder brothers

noun knee

knives

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

fourth

true (not false)

first

huge

which

dead body

noun ash(es)

day before yesterday

hundred

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

pronoun 1.sg I

pronoun inclusive we

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

noun skin (person’s)

thick

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

split

(Shona) -vhima

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

have fever

(Shona) gonye

press

(Shona) dumbu

verb dead

scared

south

pass the night

(Shona) zino

right

noun tongue (anatomical)

ankles

(Shona) -papama

shells

ninety

fences

twin

twins

mountains

stones

villages

poor

noun air

lion

well

virgin

branch

never

sister

claws

beard

(Shona) kunaya

I know

I don’t see you

chicken

orphan

eagles

son-in-law

groom

back

(Shona) jenaguru

noun cloud (not fog)

flea

pythons

days

basket

leopard

noun flesh (meat)

noun star

if

wing

escape

(Shona) -reba

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

young birds

wool

noun smoke (of fire)

powerful