Chikunda English

feed

(Shona) -rema

verb know (facts)

frighten

(Shona) munhu

adjective cold (of weather)

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

happy

verb say

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

hit

(Shona) mudzi

another

hold

(Shona) gwati

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

choose

(Shona) kupi

obey

(Shona) mhuno

verb see

hard

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

put

(Shona) huro

yawn

(Shona) -imba

lizards

frogs

owls

bats

turtles

sons-in-law

mother-in-law

father

paternal grandfather

no

mothers-in-law

lizard

hats

first

nest

noun foot (not leg)

garden

blow

(Shona) a

noun blood

noun blood

pronoun inclusive we

tortoise

noun mouth

fourteen

fishnet

have diarrhea

(Shona) nyoka

bleed

(Shona) iwe

verb dead

heavy

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

far

wash clothes

(Shona) -pukuta

dried

rock

ducks

east

thirty

grave

priests

ladders

bows

seven hundred

mouse

noun fire

caves

lion

worm

noun moon

dark

widow

ant

and

never

verb, intransitive drums

I don’t see you

old (person)

guinea fowl

groom

flea

noun heart

(Shona) moyo

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lice, head

roofs

crocodile

singer

noun flesh (meat)

lake

buffalo

houses

hut

then

if

nine

week

how

bowstrings

spider

honey

noun night

You see me

blind