Chikunda English

breathe

(Shona) ino

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

noun red (colour)

buy

(Shona) apo

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

give greetings

(Shona) amai

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

verb drink

few

pay

(Shona) rurimi

grind

(Shona) hove

remain

(Shona) chitaka

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

choose

(Shona) kupi

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

noun burn

help

(Shona) muchero

count

(Shona) zhinji

try

(Shona) -pota

yawn

(Shona) -imba

butterfly

widows

grooms

men

elder sister

rhinoceroses

maternal uncle

daughters-in-law

mothers

maternal uncles

fathers-in-law

brothers-in-law

paternal grandfathers

buck

butterflies

blunt (knife)

pronoun all (of a number)

knives

fourth

dead body

Excuse Me

noun egg

verb (imperative) kill

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arm

(Shona) -erera

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

comb

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

noun rain

sad

verb dead

need

(Shona) nzeve

frightened

narrow

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

suck

(Shona) -baya, -junga

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

ankles

(Shona) -papama

rats

brother

summer

axes

question who?

tails

bellies

(Shona) dziva

horns

impala

lions

priest

trail

verb, transitive farm

thorn

village

ant

ants

eland

flies

I gave you the money

cow

I know

I don’t know

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

eagle

day after tomorrow

seven

noun louse

noun seed

noun fish

huts

because

if

dust

how

why

brother-in-law

red ants

rainbow

daughters

people

have children

(Shona) imbwa