Chikunda English

verb hear

noun white (colour)

close

(Shona) rini

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

noun red (colour)

awake

speak

(Shona) -uraya

tie

(Shona) -gara

hit

(Shona) mudzi

give greetings

(Shona) amai

few

hold

(Shona) gwati

remain

(Shona) chitaka

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

laugh

(Shona) zai

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

throw

(Shona) -zorora

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

go

(Shona) baba

put

(Shona) huro

hawks

turtles

baboons

pregnant

singers

father-in-law

sisters-in-law

maternal uncles

maternal grandfathers

paternal grandfathers

bark

butterflies

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

noun bone

boat

crab

hats

third

raw

garden

day before yesterday

hundred

name

valley

ten

thick

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

dirty

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

sweet

verb clean

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

freeze

(Shona) murume

verb today

when

east

sixty

priests

verb, transitive embers

mud

magic

summer

noun bird

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

mosquito

tails

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

stones

lightning

lion

hole

dark

ant

branch

with

puddle

puddles

I will not give you the money

Tomorrow I will not see you

chickens

snore

(Shona) -fa

noun feather (large, not down)

fleas

pythons

noun seed

roofs

noun flesh (meat)

tusk

bee

enemy

wing

cheek

(Shona) huruva

rope

spider

noun leaf (botanics)

there

nets

yes