Chikunda English

verb come

adjective good

adjective full

burn

(Shona) iyo

push

(Shona) mutsipa

alone

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

verb bite

tie

(Shona) -gara

another

all

verb swim

verb give

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

choose

(Shona) kupi

long

obey

(Shona) mhuno

bark (dog)

bucks

cockroaches

cocks

fishnets

virgins

pregnant

singers

leopards

maternal uncle

paternal aunt

brothers

younger brothers

sisters

paternal aunts

brothers-in-law

noun bark (of tree)

name (family)

butterflies

noun bone

first

cough

(Shona) mhepo

noun liver

dead body

chest

(Shona) gore

ant hill

hawk

yesterday

pronoun this

have breakfast

(Shona) nyana

twelve

hidden

have fever

(Shona) gonye

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

strong

adjective big

silent

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

raise

(Shona) zamu

wash hair

(Shona) -zvuva, -dhonza

dried

freeze

(Shona) murume

blue

bones

(Shona) gungwa

verb words

combs

rats

malaria

money

feathers

seeds

bellies

(Shona) dziva

brooms

tribes

spears

noun person (individual human)

widow

claws

noun tail

I know

I don’t know

old people

old (person)

story

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

son-in-law

verb kind

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword

roofs

animal

huts

here

if

numeral two

eight

bowstring

brother-in-law

now

nets

You see me

yes

have children

(Shona) imbwa