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alone

arrive

choose

(Shona) kupi

high

escape

(Shona) -reba

chew

(Shona) chii

question who?

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

born, be

(Shona) ti

stab

(Shona) -cheka, -kuma

put

(Shona) huro

basket

name

hit

(Shona) mudzi

save

(Shona) -pfira

answer

adjective round

sky

warthog

young

try

(Shona) -pota

hip

(Shona) -pinza

fourteen

break

(Shona) imi

powerful

skulls

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

bury

(Shona) pano

bags

west

names

chiefs

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

verb gardens

graves

crabs

leopards

eighty

wings

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

excrement

(Shona) gomo

seven hundred

animals

houses

smells

tails

enemies

bald

impala

noun air

priest

river

noun mouth

noun person (individual human)

smell

old (person)

hunter

groom

daughter

snore

(Shona) -fa

Yesterday I saw you

stomach

pronoun 1.sg I

Tomorrow I will see you

fingernail

(Shona) gore

winter

crocodile

crocodiles

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

lake

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

silent

noun ear

(Shona) nzeve

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

ears

(Shona) dota

verb give

float

(Shona) -onda

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

return

(Shona) -nwa

numeral one

adjective long (not ’wide’)

speak

(Shona) -uraya

python

raise

(Shona) zamu

tie

(Shona) -gara

free

sweet

wool

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

You see me

grooms

farmers

grandchildren

hunt

(Shona) tambo

adjective name

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

owl

You’re Welcome

boats

verb hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole