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(Shona) rini

cave

cockroach

bleed

(Shona) iwe

save

(Shona) -pfira

which

chest

(Shona) gore

adjective small

zebra

deep

press

(Shona) dumbu

sing

(Shona) -funga

smell

(Shona) -tya

giraffe

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

eagle

nineteen

fourteen

fifteen

break

(Shona) imi

strong

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

pig

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

chicken

chickens

throats

he

verb eat

baskets

fathers

chiefs

paternal grandmothers

giraffes

hips

(Shona) -gomara

leopards

bones

(Shona) gungwa

cocks

twenty

forty

sixty

in morning

nests

roofs

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

names (family)

noun seed

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

mice

dust

huts

spears

bulls

trees

thorns

enemies

bald

impalas

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

brother

brother-in-law

younger sister

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

hippopotamus

months

claws

toenail

brains

(Shona) munyu

villages

kudus

silent

buffaloes

stars

noun ear

(Shona) nzeve

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

elephant

dried

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

be blind

tongues

yawn

(Shona) -imba

all

ant

lion

sell

(Shona) -furidza

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

at night

bows

brothers

grooms

husbands

babies

children

friends

five

six

noun phrase my name is Emmanuel

(Shona) zita rangu ndiManu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

name (family)

You’re Welcome

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