Chikunda English

adjective good

verb die

want

(Shona) -geza

burn

(Shona) iyo

buy

(Shona) apo

adjective cold (of weather)

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

stab

(Shona) -cheka, -kuma

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

adjective new

turn

(Shona) -wa, -donha

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

choose

(Shona) kupi

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

noun green (colour)

chew

(Shona) chii

cockroaches

frogs

farmers

maternal aunt

elder sister

leopards

wives

daughters-in-law

elder sisters

maternal uncles

noun bone

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ankle

(Shona) -tamba

noun bone

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

ghosts

dead bodies

hat

old

huge

wind

bald

noun eye

day before yesterday

noun blood

pronoun this

pronoun that

pronoun inclusive we

comb

fourteen

give birth

(Shona) murume

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

need

(Shona) nzeve

straight

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

have itch

(Shona) sango

cooked

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

raise

(Shona) zamu

rotten

suck

(Shona) -baya, -junga

save

(Shona) -pfira

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

names (family)

west

rats

ninety

sixty

thirty

chief

twin

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

ladder

ponds

bows

noun dog

dogs

wells

horns

worms

branches

trail

noun root (botanics)

hippopotamus

ant

Tomorrow I will see you

I see you

old people

back

(Shona) jenaguru

verb kind

roof

noun flesh (meat)

if

five

hunt

(Shona) tambo

why

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

noun leaf (botanics)

there

You did not see me

brain

(Shona) nyanza

noun night