Chikunda English

verb die

bury

(Shona) pano

noun yellow (colour)

happy

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

tie

(Shona) -gara

hit

(Shona) mudzi

verb drink

verb swim

verb give

grind

(Shona) hove

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

chew

(Shona) chii

verb see

put

(Shona) huro

stop

(Shona) -dambura

widows

owls

singers

hunters

adverb not

younger sisters

brothers-in-law

maternal grandfathers

noun bone

how much

first

question what?

ant hill

garden

noun eye

yesterday you saw me

they

young bird

twelve

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

short

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

scared

deep

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

broken, be

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

sharp (knife)

free

verb clean

dried

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

when

names (family)

verb gardens

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

arms

(Shona) zuva

left

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

hyenas

mud

thief

seeds

zebra

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

farms

villages

spears

daughter-in-law

You’re Welcome

child

months

noun sand (opposite to following)

white ant (termite)

high

ant

with

geese

puddles

I see you

warthogs

noun woman

stories

story

fish(es)

fleas

lice, body

noun seed

girl

day

noun fish

animal

houses

dust

hunt

(Shona) tambo

week

adjective long (not ’wide’)

Thank You

young birds

brain

(Shona) nyanza

male