Chikunda English

return

(Shona) -nwa

adjective good

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

all

verb swim

turn

(Shona) -wa, -donha

hold

(Shona) gwati

verb lie (on side, recline)

remain

(Shona) chitaka

noun burn

throw

(Shona) -zorora

count

(Shona) zhinji

hard

lizards

brides

boys

men

pregnant

paternal uncle

younger brothers

elder sisters

younger sisters

cockroach

hats

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

dead bodies

fourth

second

first

old

huge

wind

chicken egg

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

yesterday you did not see me

you (pl)

he

tortoise

ten

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

sky

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

scared

recognize

(Shona) moyo

adjective big

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

silent

burned

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

sharp

dried

noun bull

rats

fifty

younger brother

weeks

hail

feathers

excrement

(Shona) gomo

axe

noun bird

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farms

worms

tribes

noun fire

noun air

priest

noun root (botanics)

hippopotamuses

verb stone

noun sand (opposite to following)

virgin

four

flies

cows

I will not give you the money

Tomorrow I will see you

jackal

chicken

eagles

snore

(Shona) -fa

fish(es)

noun feather (large, not down)

louse, head

girl

every day

leopard

ocean, sea

grandchild

here

nine

dust

noun mountain (not hill)

how

throw away

(Shona) -garira

You did not see me

noun night

noun smoke (of fire)

You see me