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(Shona) shoma

fathers-in-law

I will not give you the money

old people

paternal grandfather

cave

left

hit

(Shona) mudzi

noun white (colour)

day after tomorrow

cage

which

chin

(Shona) mhute

sharpening tool

happy

skull

verb lie (on side, recline)

verb fat

thick

giraffe

crab

wash hair

(Shona) -zvuva, -dhonza

eagle

rat

valley

twelve

strong

adverb not

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

throat

dogs

adjective new

noun sand (opposite to following)

fast

leopard

far

bags

names

shoulders

vaginas

rats

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

ladder

caves

noun bark (of tree)

pain

white ants (termites)

noses

(Shona) dzinza

tears

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

lightning

noun air

in

noun root (botanics)

priest

son-in-law

net

old (person)

daughter-in-law

noun water

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

stories

bellies

(Shona) dziva

beards

(Shona) rwizi

song

brain

(Shona) nyanza

villages

ribs

daughters

snake

bees

numeral two

weak

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sick

axes

maternal grandfather

noun bird

few

lions

raise

(Shona) zamu

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

Goodbye

noun red (colour)

singers

priests

friends

elderly

three

phrase he made only a partial marriage payment

(Shona) akabhadhara kusvika padanga chete

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

adjective name

tortoises

verb, intransitive drums

boats

toenails

rhinoceroses

cages

better

toes