Chikunda English

ask

adjective good

leave

(Shona) nyanga

breathe

(Shona) ino

fall

(Shona) -fara

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

cook

(Shona) kwete

verb lie (on side, recline)

spit

(Shona) -rwa

long

bark (dog)

stop

(Shona) -dambura

hawks

turtles

sons-in-law

boys

mother-in-law

spiders

no

wives

sisters-in-law

mothers

noun bark (of tree)

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

Excuse Me

yesterday you saw me

gold

pronoun that

you (pl)

verb (imperative) kill

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insect

river

thousand

have fever

(Shona) gonye

verb eat

need

(Shona) nzeve

recognize

(Shona) moyo

heavy

sister-in-law

broken, be

burned

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

dry

right

noun bull

years

ears

(Shona) dota

dreams

flowers

graves

left

wings

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

hives

axes

mice

dogs

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

tribes

three

noun tree (not log)

noun root (botanics)

verb stone

fruit

high

sister

younger sister

noun claw

noun tail

I don’t know

Tomorrow I will see you

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

pigs

groom

language

noun cloud (not fog)

noun seed

noun fish

basket

leopard

ocean, sea

bees

kudu

grandchild

rhinoceros

noun mountain (not hill)

enter

(Shona) -hombe

eight

bowstring

forest

now

chins

(Shona) denga

sticks

red ants

grass

bow

babies

both

yes

have children

(Shona) imbwa