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escape

(Shona) -reba

there

stop

(Shona) -dambura

put

(Shona) huro

young bird

rock

noun hair (on head of humans)

noun white (colour)

fist

(Shona) -zara

tortoise

hat

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

finger

(Shona) zuva

well

ant hill

roof

fence

hip

(Shona) -pinza

crab

grind

(Shona) hove

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

eagle

noun bone

cock

ten

strong

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

arrow

adjective big

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

throw

(Shona) -zorora

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

hard

far

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

paternal grandmothers

maternal grandfathers

giraffes

cocks

twenty

seventy

thirty

horns

arms

(Shona) zuva

legs

(Shona) -pedo

names (family)

buck

house

huts

pregnant

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

tails

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun woman

spear

son-in-law

friend

noun person (individual human)

(Shona) munhu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

right

farmer

noun boy

hunter

daughter-in-law

baby

another

months

snore

(Shona) -fa

make

(Shona) musoro

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

fishnets

ribs

fly

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

meat

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

adjective dry (substance)

thin

verb give

float

(Shona) -onda

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

split

(Shona) -vhima

numeral two

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

beautiful

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

word

itch

(Shona) -totesa

push

(Shona) mutsipa

free

buy

(Shona) apo

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

babies

younger brothers

five

elderly

yesterday you saw me

correct

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