Chikunda English

return

(Shona) -nwa

feed

(Shona) -rema

breathe

(Shona) ino

close

(Shona) rini

burn

(Shona) iyo

live

(Shona) mvere

happy

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

awake

drunk, be

(Shona) china

another

verb swim

pay

(Shona) rurimi

find

(Shona) -pfupi

chew

(Shona) chii

put

(Shona) huro

be blind

bucks

hawks

widows

owls

grooms

boys

pregnant

elder sister

paternal uncle

mothers

brothers-in-law

noun knee

how many

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

hat

nest

hawk

yesterday

Yesterday I didn’t see you

yesterday you saw me

yesterday you did not see me

word

pronoun this

pronoun 1.sg I

pronoun inclusive we

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

stick

noun neck (not nape)

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

perspire

(Shona) nzara

sick

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

frightened

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

boiled

narrow

broken, be

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

wash self

(Shona) -kanda

heat

(Shona) rutanda

dry

suck

(Shona) -baya, -junga

blue

eighty

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

flowers

wings

axe

thief

seeds

mosquitoes

impala

lions

daughter-in-law

worm

hippopotamuses

verb stone

daughter

noun sand (opposite to following)

Yesterday I saw you

virgin

ant

noun tail

warthog

old (person)

noun seed

noun fish

buffalo

buffaloes

bees

elephant

here

noun mountain (not hill)

break

(Shona) va

numeral one

friend

friends

there

nets

grass

both

hive