Chikunda English

verb die

breathe

(Shona) ino

verb drink

verb drink

some

verb fat

verb swim

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

noun green (colour)

bad

owls

women

baboons

fishnets

mother-in-law

virgins

singers

monkeys

maternal grandmothers

paternal uncles

fathers-in-law

paternal grandfathers

enemies

noun bark (of tree)

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

blunt (knife)

hats

songs

animals

ghosts

nests

second

hat

shell

old

eyes

(Shona) -dema

blow

(Shona) a

pronoun 2.sg You

deaf

give birth

(Shona) murume

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

short

scared

frightened

strong

straight

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

wash someone

(Shona) -sunga

free

wash hair

(Shona) -zvuva, -dhonza

weak

dried

freeze

(Shona) murume

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

save

(Shona) -pfira

ankles

(Shona) -papama

diarrhea

(Shona) moto

noun water

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

younger brother

mountains

verb, transitive embers

hyenas

excrement

(Shona) gomo

bows

chiefs

birds

thief

noun dog

(Shona) imbwa

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

stones

horns

impalas

noun air

lions

noun boy

You’re Welcome

noun person (individual human)

child

fruit

and

beards

(Shona) rwizi

I will give you the money

jackals

chickens

(fire)wood

old person

day

every day

animal

buffalo

snakes

verb pipe

numeral one

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

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

flat

thin

spider

You see me

powerful

yes