Chikunda English

hide

(Shona) shizha

verb come

return

(Shona) -nwa

adjective good

noun yellow (colour)

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

fast

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

catch

(Shona) ani

cook

(Shona) kwete

verb lie (on side, recline)

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

noun burn

put

(Shona) huro

tortoises

father

spiders

paternal aunt

husbands

brothers-in-law

noun bark (of tree)

buck

songs

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

ant hills

which

verb (imperative) walk

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

turtle

deaf

young bird

noun mouth

baboon

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

verb eat

sky

need

(Shona) nzeve

cloudy

strong

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

where

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

raise

(Shona) zamu

save

(Shona) -pfira

adjective round

ankles

(Shona) -papama

shells

names

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

verb words

fat

dreams

arms

(Shona) zuva

hail

ladder

birds

seeds

dogs

trees

daughter-in-law

verb, transitive farm

noun root (botanics)

son

moons

widow

branch

and

flies

I will give you the money

story

eagles

fish(es)

bag

noun louse

louse, head

noun seed

day

tusks

song

hut

grandchild

enter

(Shona) -hombe

monkey

five

week

why

forest

noun hair (on head of humans)

insects

young birds

net

brain

(Shona) nyanza

red ant

bow

You see me

powerful

children

have children

(Shona) imbwa

blind