Chikunda English

verb come

buy

(Shona) apo

alone

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

think

(Shona) -famba

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

verb drink

verb drink

turn

(Shona) -wa, -donha

hold

(Shona) gwati

bucks

brides

maternal aunt

virgins

monkeys

spiders

brothers

maternal grandmothers

fathers

maternal uncles

paternal aunts

paternal grandfathers

noun knee

lizard

crab

pronoun all (of a number)

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

adjective many

slow

adjective name

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

yesterday

Yesterday I didn’t see you

word

verb (imperative) walk

Speaker: Robert Chimbiti

year

pronoun this

pronoun inclusive we

they

deaf

comb

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

fishnet

hidden

noun rain

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

short

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

frightened

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

where

ripe

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

noun bull

ducks

boats

combs

years

thirty

graves

brother

ladder

ladders

magic

bows

chicken eggs

wells

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

worm

noun tree (not log)

noun root (botanics)

husband

son

fruit

white ant (termite)

beard

(Shona) kunaya

warthog

groom

fleas

singer

leopard

lake

bee

elephant

enter

(Shona) -hombe

numeral one

monkey

hunt

(Shona) tambo

why

hyena

noun leaf (botanics)

brother-in-law

there

nets

brains

(Shona) munyu

grass

children

adjective dry (substance)