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(Shona) rini

I don’t see you

paternal grandfather

cave

knife

cockroach

butterfly

bag

arm

(Shona) -erera

young bird

bleed

(Shona) iwe

day after tomorrow

dream

well

cheek

(Shona) huruva

spider

wind

deep

verb stand

sing

(Shona) -funga

hip

(Shona) -pinza

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

noun bone

broken, be

eleven

true (not false)

guinea fowl

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

Excuse Me

fry

(Shona) mwana

shoulder

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

feed

(Shona) -rema

fight

(Shona) -diki

burned

east

bananas

mountains

in morning

butterflies

malaria

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

names (family)

bucks

dust

huts

lizards

brooms

fruit

priest

milk

(Shona) dai, nana, kana

lizard

noun tree (not log)

noun person (individual human)

(Shona) munhu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

arrows

hunter

noun water

child

months

I see you

blunt (knife)

noun claw

(Shona) nzara

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

toenail

noun blood

because

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

elephant

rotten

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

spit

(Shona) -rwa

sharp

straight

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

axes

yawn

(Shona) -imba

bad

few

raise

(Shona) zamu

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

bowstring

veins

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

at night

sons-in-law

husbands

friends

eight

farmers

four

daughters-in-law

week

noun phrase my name is Emmanuel

(Shona) zita rangu ndiManu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

tortoises

thumbs

possible

impossible