Chikunda English

fear

(Shona) -kora

sell

(Shona) -furidza

adjective cold (of weather)

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

happy

all

verb give

verb lie (on side, recline)

find

(Shona) -pfupi

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

long

run

(Shona) -ruma

count

(Shona) zhinji

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

sing

(Shona) -funga

yawn

(Shona) -imba

butterfly

lizards

fishnets

elderly

boys

men

elder sister

father

paternal uncle

rhinoceroses

no

paternal grandfathers

buck

butterflies

noun knee

crab

how many

huge

day before yesterday

yesterday you did not see me

noun blood

you (pl)

chin

(Shona) mhute

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

rich

strong

sister-in-law

boiled

dirty

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

far

heat

(Shona) rutanda

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

freeze

(Shona) murume

right

ankles

(Shona) -papama

verb gardens

verb words

bananas

rats

seventy

malaria

fences

priests

weeks

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

bows

chiefs

noun dog

(Shona) imbwa

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wells

tribes

noun nose

in

noun boy

You’re Welcome

noun person (individual human)

three

dark

I know

I see you

warthog

warthogs

female

guinea fowls

seven

noun feather (large, not down)

pythons

day

days

verb kind

leopard

noun horn (of bull etc.)

kudus

then

friends

hunt

(Shona) tambo

week

adjective long (not ’wide’)

rope

hyena

nets

male