Chikunda English

hide

(Shona) shizha

cut

(Shona) shoma

want

(Shona) -geza

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

tie

(Shona) -gara

few

spit

(Shona) -rwa

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

noun burn

throw

(Shona) -zorora

noun green (colour)

put

(Shona) huro

do

(Shona) piri

women

elder brother

virgins

father-in-law

adverb not

brothers

husbands

sisters

fathers

paternal grandfathers

grandchildren

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

hats

nests

knives

adjective name

year

gold

valley

have breakfast

(Shona) nyana

river

thick

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

have itch

(Shona) sango

boiled

wash someone

(Shona) -sunga

sharp

weak

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

cry

(Shona) amwe

names

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

combs

ninety

eighty

ears

(Shona) dota

dreams

graves

arms

(Shona) zuva

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

mud

excrement

(Shona) gomo

summer

seeds

mosquitoes

noun dog

wells

trails

tribes

impalas

noun nose

bride

verb, transitive farm

thorn

worm

salt

three

village

noun man (adult male human)

son

branch

sister

eland

beards

(Shona) rwizi

drum

warthogs

female

old person

back

(Shona) jenaguru

noun cloud (not fog)

lice, body

verb kind

noun flesh (meat)

tusks

lake

snakes

houses

if

nine

verb stand

spider

hyena

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

noun breast (female)

(Shona) zamu

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