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cry

(Shona) amwe

escape

(Shona) -reba

Tomorrow I will not see you

paternal aunt

talk

(Shona) -shambira

young bird

bleed

(Shona) iwe

rock

noun white (colour)

noun liver

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

ant hill

if

answer

baboon

skull

noun black (colour)

roof

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

press

(Shona) dumbu

sing

(Shona) -funga

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

yes

smell

(Shona) -tya

verb sit

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

noun bone

powerful

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

pig

chicken

arrow

throats

hide

(Shona) shizha

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun louse

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

they

leopard

hard

verb (infinitive) rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

where

frightened

noun night

fat

bones

(Shona) gungwa

mountains

vaginas

ninety

ladders

arms

(Shona) zuva

caves

malaria

pain

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

roofs

seven hundred

days

mice

ostriches

huts

spears

bulls

thighs

noun root (botanics)

noun woman

younger sister

daughter-in-law

month

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

toenail

fishnet

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Lovemore Mutonga

mosquito

fly

verb today

silent

buffalo

bee

think

(Shona) -famba

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

sick

forest

pythons

push

(Shona) mutsipa

wet

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

You see me

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

women

sons-in-law

husbands

week

verb clean

noun egg

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

correct

verb, intransitive drums

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

how many

chins

(Shona) denga