Chikunda English

dig

(Shona) motsi

feed

(Shona) -rema

fear

(Shona) -kora

frighten

(Shona) munhu

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

verb say

tie

(Shona) -gara

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

verb drink

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

few

verb swim

adjective new

grind

(Shona) hove

hold

(Shona) gwati

spit

(Shona) -rwa

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

noun black (colour)

help

(Shona) muchero

send

(Shona) -fema

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

sons-in-law

men

singers

paternal grandmothers

sisters

younger sisters

noun bone

crab

valleys

impossible

ghosts

true (not false)

cough

(Shona) mhepo

which

dead body

noun foot (not leg)

raw

wind

noun eye

eyes

(Shona) -dema

name

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

yesterday you saw me

pronoun inclusive we

arm

(Shona) -erera

thick

noun rain

sky

verb dead

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

frightened

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

heavy

south

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

burned

wash someone

(Shona) -sunga

heat

(Shona) rutanda

noun bull

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

ninety

fifty

malaria

hail

ladders

hives

seven hundred

chiefs

question who?

zebras

noun dog

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

worms

broom

daughter

virgin

ant

fly

goose

wife

eagle

snore

(Shona) -fa

son-in-law

groom

noun feather (large, not down)

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

basket

tusks

lakes

rhinoceros

five

brother-in-law

now

young birds

honey

noun smoke (of fire)

male

babies

have children

(Shona) imbwa