Chikunda English

born, be

(Shona) ti

adjective good

sell

(Shona) -furidza

fry

(Shona) mwana

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

awake

drunk, be

(Shona) china

verb fly

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

verb lie (on side, recline)

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

choose

(Shona) kupi

noun burn

butterfly

hawks

maternal aunt

leopards

maternal aunts

maternal grandmothers

paternal grandmothers

mothers-in-law

grandchildren

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

boat

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

ghosts

adjective many

true (not false)

first

hat

noun earth (soil)

hundred

noun sun

chin

(Shona) mhute

comb

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

north

cloudy

dawn

free

verb clean

wide

wash clothes

(Shona) -pukuta

suck

(Shona) -baya, -junga

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

adjective round

bananas

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

fifty

money

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

ladder

mud

magic

axe

thieves

seeds

mosquito

dogs

holes

worms

cave

in

worm

salt

three

husband

daughter

moons

ants

never

noun claw

beard

(Shona) kunaya

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

old (person)

stories

story

chickens

arrow

noun feather (large, not down)

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

snake

snakes

hut

enemy

near

numeral one

six

spider

escape

(Shona) -reba

honey

net

wool

noun smoke (of fire)

adjective dry (substance)

have children

(Shona) imbwa