Chikunda English

feed

(Shona) -rema

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

stab

(Shona) -cheka, -kuma

verb drink

few

all

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

pay

(Shona) rurimi

verb give

verb lie (on side, recline)

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

remain

(Shona) chitaka

choose

(Shona) kupi

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

obey

(Shona) mhuno

help

(Shona) muchero

hard

stop

(Shona) -dambura

do

(Shona) piri

owls

tortoises

boys

elder brother

paternal uncle

monkeys

brothers

elder brothers

maternal aunts

butterflies

lizard

possible

adjective many

slow

which

chest

(Shona) gore

garden

noun earth (soil)

verb (imperative) walk

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

banana

pronoun this

they

he

stick

ten

noun ear

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

sad

short

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

raise

(Shona) zamu

receive

(Shona) chifuva

ripe

freeze

(Shona) murume

dry

cry

(Shona) amwe

names

eighty

flowers

brother

wings

twin

ladder

ladders

mud

question who?

seeds

holes

spears

noun fire

child

son

daughter

noun sand (opposite to following)

white ant (termite)

with

four

warthogs

chicken

back

(Shona) jenaguru

noun cloud (not fog)

pythons

lice, head

animal

snake

kudus

dust

eight

week

six

why

forest

honey

brain

(Shona) nyanza

brains

(Shona) munyu

noun night

have children

(Shona) imbwa

blind