Chikunda English

verb hear

understand

(Shona) -pa

verb know (facts)

verb die

verb sleep

push

(Shona) mutsipa

alone

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

verb drink

verb fat

noun hot (of weather)

noun black (colour)

laugh

(Shona) zai

help

(Shona) muchero

throw

(Shona) -zorora

wet

chew

(Shona) chii

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

sing

(Shona) -funga

maternal grandmother

singers

daughters-in-law

maternal aunts

husbands

noun bone

songs

shell

question what?

day before yesterday

name

banana

blow

(Shona) a

you (pl)

pronoun 1.sg I

young bird

noun skin (person’s)

noun neck (not nape)

thousand

fifteen

sick

rich

heavy

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

burned

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

raise

(Shona) zamu

receive

(Shona) chifuva

free

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

names

ducks

east

bananas

fat

rats

dreams

twins

pipes

priests

money

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

feathers

axe

birds

zebra

noun dog

backs

(Shona) mvura

spears

lion

broom

winter

three

noun root (botanics)

verb stone

child

noun tail

cows

young

I will not give you the money

jackals

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

leopard

meat

tusk

noun star

bee

huts

near

here

noun mountain (not hill)

thin

escape

(Shona) -reba

brother-in-law

now

chins

(Shona) denga

grass

You see me

male

daughters