Chikunda English

born, be

(Shona) ti

hide

(Shona) shizha

verb come

feed

(Shona) -rema

frighten

(Shona) munhu

fall

(Shona) -fara

verb bite

other

every

catch

(Shona) ani

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

obey

(Shona) mhuno

tortoises

father

maternal uncle

spiders

sisters-in-law

paternal grandmothers

fathers

noun knee

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

how much

animals

knives

second

question what?

dead body

eyes

(Shona) -dema

Yesterday I didn’t see you

yesterday you did not see me

pronoun 1.sg I

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

tortoise

noun skin (person’s)

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

noun rain

bleed

(Shona) iwe

verb dead

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

broken, be

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

heat

(Shona) rutanda

free

wide

rotten

shells

west

eighty

sixty

flowers

chief

ladders

chiefs

axe

axes

dogs

trails

broom

farmer

daughter-in-law

winter

You’re Welcome

hippopotamuses

verb stone

husband

noun man (adult male human)

noun moon

well

noun sand (opposite to following)

Yesterday I saw you

ant

sister

cows

puddle

young

I don’t know

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

old people

guinea fowls

chickens

pigs

noun cloud (not fog)

lice, head

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

noun fish

noun horn (of bull etc.)

buffaloes

stars

hut

because

break

(Shona) va

numeral one

hunt

(Shona) tambo

Thank You

escape

(Shona) -reba

forest

insects

there

hive