Chikunda English

cut

(Shona) shoma

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

adjective cold (of weather)

alone

another

some

smell

(Shona) -tya

turn

(Shona) -wa, -donha

find

(Shona) -pfupi

noun burn

turtles

baboons

maternal grandmother

elder sister

maternal uncle

spiders

wives

daughters-in-law

enemies

grandchildren

butterflies

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

valleys

how much

possible

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

fourth

dead body

hundred

noun egg

owl

blow

(Shona) a

you (pl)

pronoun 1.sg I

pronoun inclusive we

chin

(Shona) mhute

deaf

eleven

split

(Shona) -vhima

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

have diarrhea

(Shona) nyoka

short

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

rich

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

raise

(Shona) zamu

free

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

save

(Shona) -pfira

noun bull

verb today

cry

(Shona) amwe

ankles

(Shona) -papama

names

boats

fat

rats

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

five hundred

thief

mice

holes

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

backs

(Shona) mvura

impalas

noun person (individual human)

moons

fruit

white ant (termite)

and

younger sister

four

claws

beards

(Shona) rwizi

goose

I know

old (person)

jackals

chicken

seven

tribe

noun feather (large, not down)

roofs

tusk

song

houses

week

why

escape

(Shona) -reba

noun leaf (botanics)

insects

there

nets

red ant

grass

at night

bow

powerful

people

hive