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arrive

paternal grandfathers

paternal uncles

mothers-in-law

question who?

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

father

mucus

(Shona) nekuti

bleed

(Shona) iwe

rhinoceros

cage

adjective round

zebra

verb stand

breathe

(Shona) ino

fences

giraffe

noun green (colour)

worm

noun cloud (not fog)

nineteen

strong

adverb not

guinea fowl

guinea fowls

hide

(Shona) shizha

bury

(Shona) pano

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun louse

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

they

Excuse Me

shoulder

banana

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

fear

(Shona) -kora

mud

warthogs

mothers

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

mother

years

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

in morning

horns

north

noun bark (of tree)

butterflies

nests

seven hundred

teeth

penises

paternal grandmother

hut

nets

farms

necks

(Shona) zita

noun root (botanics)

singer

awake

elder brother

grandchild

brother-in-law

noun tree (not log)

noun tree (not log)

(Shona) muti

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

farmer

noun fire

(Shona) moto

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

lip

(Shona) -kure

noun water

hippopotamuses

orphan

verb drink

turn

(Shona) -wa, -donha

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

wing

lung

(Shona) ne

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

throw away

(Shona) -garira

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

beautiful

wash someone

(Shona) -sunga

forest

pythons

word

lion

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

vein

noun foot (not leg)

noun red (colour)

rainbow

singers

sons

nine

seven

grandchildren

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sweat

yesterday

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

impossible