Chikunda English

ask

verb come

verb die

close

(Shona) rini

noun red (colour)

alone

live

(Shona) mvere

verb sit

noun yellow (colour)

happy

fast

verb bite

verb lie (on side, recline)

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

chew

(Shona) chii

break

(Shona) imi

verb see

go

(Shona) baba

fishnets

paternal grandmother

monkeys

sisters-in-law

brothers

younger brothers

paternal grandfathers

cockroach

how much

ghosts

knives

noun foot (not leg)

chest

(Shona) gore

Excuse Me

noun egg

name

yesterday you did not see me

word

you (pl)

pronoun inclusive we

pronoun 2.sg You

arm

(Shona) -erera

bat

noun neck (not nape)

split

(Shona) -vhima

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

verb dead

need

(Shona) nzeve

sharp (knife)

dried

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

noun tongue (anatomical)

bones

(Shona) gungwa

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

in morning

combs

thirty

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

brother

priests

excrement

(Shona) gomo

five hundred

mice

thorns

tribes

spear

in

noun tree (not log)

moons

noun claw

flies

I did not give you the money

puddle

I will not give you the money

Tomorrow I will see you

pigs

orphan

day after tomorrow

fish(es)

bags

lice, body

roof

crocodile

leopard

song

bee

hut

kudus

enemy

near

ground

friends

verb stand

pond

now

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

You did not see me

red ants

bow

male

powerful

sons