Chikunda English

verb hear

verb die

burn

(Shona) iyo

fear

(Shona) -kora

push

(Shona) mutsipa

happy

some

verb fat

verb swim

remain

(Shona) chitaka

play

(Shona) tsoka

throw

(Shona) -zorora

watch

(Shona) -sona

try

(Shona) -pota

frogs

hawks

widows

turtles

farmers

boys

elder brother

mother

leopards

maternal grandfather

paternal grandfather

no

brothers

elder brothers

maternal grandfathers

duck

ghosts

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

true (not false)

ant hill

Excuse Me

owl

year

have cold

(Shona) inda

noun hand

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

noun rain

verb eat

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

cloudy

strong

sister-in-law

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

dirty

raise

(Shona) zamu

free

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

weak

wash clothes

(Shona) -pukuta

suck

(Shona) -baya, -junga

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

when

fence

names

verb gardens

eighty

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

flowers

grave

feathers

ponds

hyenas

bows

hives

noun bird

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

tails

worms

arrows

hole

farmer

noun boy

worm

noun root (botanics)

well

Yesterday I saw you

and

I did not give you the money

Tomorrow I will not see you

old (person)

jackal

jackals

noun fish

crocodile

noun flesh (meat)

house

nine

numeral two

monkey

Goodbye

throw away

(Shona) -garira

hyena

brother-in-law

net

adjective dry (substance)

blind