Chikunda English

understand

(Shona) -pa

noun white (colour)

want

(Shona) -geza

noun red (colour)

alone

verb bite

give greetings

(Shona) amai

verb fat

all

break

(Shona) imi

go

(Shona) baba

do

(Shona) piri

hawks

fishnets

boys

mother

paternal uncle

elder brothers

maternal aunts

maternal grandmothers

sisters

paternal aunts

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

boat

pronoun all (of a number)

animals

fourth

third

shell

Excuse Me

bald

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

noun blood

year

verb (imperative) kill

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

turtle

young bird

give birth

(Shona) murume

perspire

(Shona) nzara

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

need

(Shona) nzeve

frightened

straight

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

where

burned

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

receive

(Shona) chifuva

sharp (knife)

weak

float

(Shona) -onda

right

bones

(Shona) gungwa

verb gardens

forty

thirty

graves

twins

pipes

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

axe

axes

thieves

mouse

mosquitoes

tails

tribes

cave

caves

poor

in

daughter-in-law

noun boy

noun person (individual human)

months

noun sand (opposite to following)

ant

eland

I did not give you the money

drum

I will give you the money

guinea fowl

noun feather (large, not down)

fleas

lice, body

louse, head

snakes

enter

(Shona) -hombe

verb pipe

six

Thank You

bowstring

pond

wool

red ant

red ants

babies