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(Shona) shoma

old people

father

give birth

(Shona) murume

hole

ghost

noun black (colour)

ankles

(Shona) -papama

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

hard

sisters-in-law

eyes

(Shona) -dema

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

graves

malaria

ostrich

huts

noun tree (not log)

(Shona) muti

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun fire

(Shona) moto

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

poor

arrows

back

(Shona) jenaguru

baby

months

hearts

(Shona) -asviba

story

I will give you the money

Thank You

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

noun ear

(Shona) nzeve

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

adjective dry (substance)

rotten

here

verb pipe

lungs

(Shona) na-, ne-

heat

(Shona) rutanda

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

speak

(Shona) -uraya

run

(Shona) -ruma

sell

(Shona) -furidza

noun foot (not leg)

hunters

hunt

(Shona) tambo

noun egg

noun phrase my name is Emmanuel

(Shona) zita rangu ndiManu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

how much

wells

waists