Chikunda English

happy

fast

stab

(Shona) -cheka, -kuma

other

few

all

find

(Shona) -pfupi

noun burn

throw

(Shona) -zorora

try

(Shona) -pota

do

(Shona) piri

bucks

tortoises

fishnets

mother-in-law

crocodiles

hunters

father-in-law

no

younger brothers

mothers-in-law

younger sisters

boat

pronoun all (of a number)

how many

how much

possible

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

adjective many

hat

cough

(Shona) mhepo

chest

(Shona) gore

ant hill

name

yesterday

gold

valley

have cold

(Shona) inda

he

noun neck (not nape)

fourteen

thick

at

give birth

(Shona) murume

sick

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

short

scared

frightened

swell

(Shona) -kwenya, -kwara

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

cooked

where

adjective round

ankles

(Shona) -papama

twins

weeks

hives

birds

question who?

zebra

zebras

dogs

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

worms

poor

noun air

broom

trail

verb stone

husband

noun man (adult male human)

baby

daughter

white ants (termites)

ant

with

adjective small

drum

I know

story

pig

groom

fleas

day

noun fish

crocodile

tusk

kudus

grandchild

enter

(Shona) -hombe

friends

spider

pond

bow

rainbow

daughters

have children

(Shona) imbwa

blind