Chikunda English

cut

(Shona) shoma

burn

(Shona) iyo

other

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

verb give

hold

(Shona) gwati

laugh

(Shona) zai

play

(Shona) tsoka

noun burn

noun green (colour)

put

(Shona) huro

owls

tortoises

boys

maternal grandmother

maternal uncle

no

younger sisters

animals

third

first

hat

question what?

nest

noun foot (not leg)

hawk

noun eye

noun eye

noun sun

you (pl)

verb (imperative) kill

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

noun hand

bat

chin

(Shona) mhute

fourteen

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

baboon

bleed

(Shona) iwe

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

recognize

(Shona) moyo

heavy

strong

straight

deep

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

sister-in-law

silent

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

sharp (knife)

ripe

dry

east

thirty

fences

flowers

chief

twins

ladders

summer

five hundred

chicken eggs

holes

brooms

trail

bride

winter

salt

hippopotamus

hippopotamuses

moons

dark

ants

elands

noun tail

puddle

I know

I will give you the money

Tomorrow I will not see you

I don’t see you

old people

guinea fowl

eagles

son-in-law

groom

noun heart

(Shona) moyo

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

every day

baskets

noun horn (of bull etc.)

buffaloes

snake

enter

(Shona) -hombe

friends

five

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

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

throw away

(Shona) -garira

cheek

(Shona) huruva

bow

rainbow

children

sons