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cry

(Shona) amwe

enter

(Shona) -hombe

Yesterday I didn’t see you

I did not give you the money

old people

father

cave

stop

(Shona) -dambura

cockroach

butterfly

bag

boiled

blue

young bird

bleed

(Shona) iwe

hole

toe

waist

baboon

adjective round

chest

(Shona) gore

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

ankles

(Shona) -papama

verb dead

break

(Shona) va

cock

twelve

break

(Shona) imi

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

throats

hide

(Shona) shizha

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

ripe

insect

banana

verb eat

names

east

paternal aunts

crows

ladders

feathers

twins

pipes

noun earth (soil)

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

animals

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

tails

noun air

in

cough

(Shona) mhepo

brother

female

semen

old person

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

broom

hippopotamuses

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

gold

beard

(Shona) kunaya

beards

(Shona) rwizi

Thank You

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

brains

(Shona) munyu

winter

rib

verb drink

ocean, sea

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

noun ear

(Shona) nzeve

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

ears

(Shona) dota

watch

(Shona) -sona

ground

lung

(Shona) ne

sharp (knife)

blind

verb say

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

axes

crow

beautiful

python

monkeys

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

wool

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

rainbow

verb come

people

younger brothers

phrase he made only a partial marriage payment

(Shona) akabhadhara kusvika padanga chete

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

obey

(Shona) mhuno

noun egg

boats

understand

(Shona) -pa