Chikunda English

verb come

leave

(Shona) nyanga

adjective cold (of weather)

some

verb lie (on side, recline)

play

(Shona) tsoka

send

(Shona) -fema

stop

(Shona) -dambura

frogs

hawks

widows

tortoises

turtles

women

father-in-law

girls

younger brothers

maternal uncles

maternal grandfathers

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

valleys

animals

raw

wind

ant hill

noun ash(es)

verb (imperative) walk

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

gold

pronoun that

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

river

comb

noun neck (not nape)

rat

ten

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

scared

deep

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

boiled

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

heat

(Shona) rutanda

wide

weak

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

flower

rock

west

bananas

fat

combs

ninety

chief

twin

priests

feathers

ladder

summer

thief

mice

mouse

mosquitoes

trails

arrows

priest

trail

thorn

noun person (individual human)

hippopotamuses

child

month

moons

ant

beards

(Shona) rwizi

cow

jackal

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

chicken

son-in-law

bags

noun louse

every day

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword

basket

tusk

song

because

then

dust

how

phrase we are burnt with air (the phrase a groom uses to ask for a bride to come with him)

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

cheek

(Shona) huruva

bowstring

spider

hyena

brother-in-law

noun breast (female)

(Shona) zamu

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

both

yes