Chikunda English

noun white (colour)

leave

(Shona) nyanga

feed

(Shona) -rema

burn

(Shona) iyo

fear

(Shona) -kora

sell

(Shona) -furidza

fry

(Shona) mwana

live

(Shona) mvere

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

some

verb give

laugh

(Shona) zai

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

hard

try

(Shona) -pota

sons-in-law

brides

elder sister

monkeys

girls

brothers

enemies

name (family)

duck

cockroach

noun knee

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

possible

first

old

huge

noun liver

noun earth (soil)

day before yesterday

hundred

noun egg

yesterday

yesterday you did not see me

arm

(Shona) -erera

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

young bird

rat

fourteen

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

perspire

(Shona) nzara

sad

sky

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

receive

(Shona) chifuva

sweet

sharp

free

freeze

(Shona) murume

shells

fifty

younger brother

left

priests

weeks

feathers

magic

axes

mosquito

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

thorns

stones

horns

arrows

impalas

lions

broom

hippopotamuses

white ant (termite)

virgin

I gave you the money

geese

I will give you the money

Tomorrow I will see you

guinea fowls

day after tomorrow

noun head (anatomic)

noun feather (large, not down)

noun heart

(Shona) moyo

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python

noun seed

animal

tusk

stars

snakes

bees

house

huts

if

break

(Shona) va

brains

(Shona) munyu

at night

bow

noun smoke (of fire)

powerful