Chikunda English

arrive

fear

(Shona) -kora

buy

(Shona) apo

fall

(Shona) -fara

push

(Shona) mutsipa

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

verb say

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

fight

(Shona) -diki

hit

(Shona) mudzi

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

all

turn

(Shona) -wa, -donha

choose

(Shona) kupi

help

(Shona) muchero

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

chew

(Shona) chii

verb see

watch

(Shona) -sona

baboons

pregnant

leopards

monkeys

wives

sisters-in-law

paternal grandmothers

duck

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

boat

hats

third

true (not false)

huge

nest

ant hill

noun egg

chin

(Shona) mhute

fifteen

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

have diarrhea

(Shona) nyoka

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

sky

recognize

(Shona) moyo

straight

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

broken, be

dirty

far

sweet

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

weak

noun bull

verb words

flowers

mountains

money

weeks

hail

birds

noun dog

languages

farmer

thorn

verb stone

white ant (termite)

Yesterday I saw you

high

never

sister

claws

goose

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

pig

(fire)wood

back

(Shona) jenaguru

day

verb kind

roofs

meat

song

huts

enemy

nine

wing

numeral two

verb stand

bowstring

spider

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

there

net

brain

(Shona) nyanza

noun night

rainbow

daughters

both

have children

(Shona) imbwa

blind