Chikunda English

hide

(Shona) shizha

adjective full

verb die

noun red (colour)

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

happy

dream

verb fly

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

verb drink

verb fat

little

find

(Shona) -pfupi

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

answer

noun burn

help

(Shona) muchero

put

(Shona) huro

do

(Shona) piri

crabs

frogs

fishnets

elder brother

mother

virgins

paternal uncle

maternal grandfather

younger brothers

younger sisters

duck

buck

butterflies

noun bone

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

lizard

nests

dead bodies

frog

noun sun

valley

pronoun this

turtle

deaf

young bird

noun skin (person’s)

ten

eleven

fifteen

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

verb eat

beautiful

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

pass the night

(Shona) zino

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

freeze

(Shona) murume

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

fifty

arms

(Shona) zuva

money

hail

ladder

ladders

bows

noun bird

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

noun bird

mosquito

broom

noun boy

noun person (individual human)

noun root (botanics)

noun man (adult male human)

child

daughter

noun moon

high

noun claw

puddles

wife

chickens

pig

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

roof

noun flesh (meat)

lakes

kudus

nine

dust

noun mountain (not hill)

monkey

cheek

(Shona) huruva

forest

honey

nets

brain

(Shona) nyanza

bow

male