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have

(Shona) shiri

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

girls

hold

(Shona) gwati

beautiful

bark

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

noun smoke (of fire)

hidden

noun green (colour)

chin

(Shona) mhute

noun nose

fourth

basket

hail

nest

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

left

verb swim

cave

eagle

excrement

(Shona) gomo

red ant

noun skin (person’s)

pond

cough

(Shona) mhepo

worm

noun seed

seeds

zebras

impala

noun dog

fan

languages

malaria

story

wells

giraffe

buffaloes

bees

python

pythons

strong

noun water

noun eye

sad

watch

(Shona) -sona

have fever

(Shona) gonye

at

grind

(Shona) hove

noun cloud (not fog)

run

(Shona) -ruma

verb lie (on side, recline)

straight

lightning

bananas

hives

stones

lakes

twenty

fifty

dreams

snore

(Shona) -fa

claws

axes

paternal uncles

weeks

five hundred

seven hundred

days

every day

name (family)

thorns

months

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

I will give you the money

I see you

how many

enter

(Shona) -hombe

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

adjective many

silent

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

burn

(Shona) iyo

heat

(Shona) rutanda

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

cloudy

bow

noun man (adult male human)

girl

find

(Shona) -pfupi

Hello

bowstrings

female

here

there

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

close

(Shona) rini

ankles

(Shona) -papama

huts