Chikunda English

verb die

buy

(Shona) apo

push

(Shona) mutsipa

every

noun hot (of weather)

find

(Shona) -pfupi

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

count

(Shona) zhinji

verb see

bark (dog)

butterfly

cocks

tortoises

baboons

fishnets

rhinoceroses

girls

no

elder brothers

maternal uncles

enemies

name (family)

duck

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

third

second

hat

huge

dead body

ant hill

day before yesterday

banana

have breakfast

(Shona) nyana

arm

(Shona) -erera

noun mouth

thousand

nineteen

twelve

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

split

(Shona) -vhima

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

frightened

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

pass the night

(Shona) zino

broken, be

wash self

(Shona) -kanda

raise

(Shona) zamu

adjective round

noun bull

verb today

ducks

verb words

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

years

rats

ninety

fences

dreams

pipes

priests

ladder

bows

summer

hives

noun bird

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zebras

noun dog

dogs

bellies

(Shona) dziva

daughter-in-law

noun man (adult male human)

child

month

months

well

white ants (termites)

Yesterday I saw you

with

four

noun claw

claws

cow

female

jackals

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

(fire)wood

groom

tribe

python

lake

buffalo

bees

noun mountain (not hill)

thin

cheek

(Shona) huruva

bowstrings

hyena

powerful

babies

have children

(Shona) imbwa