Chikunda English

leave

(Shona) nyanga

verb die

adjective cold (of weather)

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

awake

verb say

talk

(Shona) -shambira

verb fly

laugh

(Shona) zai

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

sing

(Shona) -funga

bad

do

(Shona) piri

lizards

frogs

elderly

bulls

maternal grandmother

virgins

paternal aunt

paternal grandfathers

noun bark (of tree)

name (family)

duck

valleys

how much

impossible

dead bodies

cough

(Shona) mhepo

noun foot (not leg)

hundred

name

noun blood

you (pl)

bleed

(Shona) iwe

sad

need

(Shona) nzeve

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

scared

sister-in-law

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

where

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

raise

(Shona) zamu

dry

right

shells

names

ducks

in morning

flowers

verb tomorrow

twin

twins

hail

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

ladder

ladders

zebra

noun dog

(Shona) imbwa

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

wells

impalas

poor

lions

farmer

verb, transitive farm

noun root (botanics)

son

moons

white ant (termite)

elands

flies

geese

I know

I will not give you the money

warthog

female

(fire)wood

eagle

seven

bags

noun heart

(Shona) moyo

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

pythons

day

verb kind

noun fish

baskets

huts

kudu

enemy

grandchild

because

ground

verb pipe

bowstrings

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

there

You did not see me

babies