Chikunda English

hide

(Shona) shizha

want

(Shona) -geza

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

fast

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

grind

(Shona) hove

laugh

(Shona) zai

play

(Shona) tsoka

throw

(Shona) -zorora

hard

widows

tortoises

fishnets

paternal grandmother

leopards

maternal uncle

spiders

wives

maternal aunts

maternal uncles

fathers-in-law

paternal grandfathers

grandchildren

duck

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

songs

impossible

animals

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

ant hills

nest

cock

ant hill

hawk

noun egg

yesterday you did not see me

blow

(Shona) a

pronoun 1.sg I

they

noun hand

noun mouth

noun neck (not nape)

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

split

(Shona) -vhima

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

have fever

(Shona) gonye

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

perspire

(Shona) nzara

sick

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

heavy

deep

pass the night

(Shona) zino

where

far

sweet

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

rock

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

boats

twenty

ears

(Shona) dota

graves

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

feathers

seven hundred

axe

axes

question who?

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

horns

branches

spear

daughter

eland

fly

geese

puddle

I know

I will not give you the money

better

noun head (anatomic)

fish(es)

noun feather (large, not down)

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

basket

lake

elephants

near

ground

rhinoceros

nine

enter

(Shona) -hombe

friends

six

rope

hyena

rainbow