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count

(Shona) zhinji

high

old people

sister-in-law

paternal uncle

hyena

brown

hit

(Shona) mudzi

hat

little finger

(Shona) ruboshwe

chin

(Shona) mhute

dream

adjective full

verb lie (on side, recline)

verb fat

thick

hip

(Shona) -pinza

grind

(Shona) hove

eagle

twelve

bark

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

throats

hidden

throw

(Shona) -zorora

fry

(Shona) mwana

old

frightened

holes

east

sisters-in-law

fathers

paternal grandmothers

sisters

jackals

ladder

ladders

twin

noun bark (of tree)

flowers

saliva

branches

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

mice

raw

huts

axe

enemies

spear

cough

(Shona) mhepo

brother

net

noun person (individual human)

(Shona) munhu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

smell

farmer

old (person)

child

Please

beards

(Shona) rwizi

pronoun 1.sg I

Thank You

I see you

I eat quails

(Shona) ndinodya zvihuta

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

songs

rib

flies

verb drink

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

buffalo

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

noun star

bee

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

throw away

(Shona) -garira

when

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

axes

how

maternal grandfather

duck

monkeys

push

(Shona) mutsipa

bowstring

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

men

wives

elder brothers

children

nine

daughters-in-law

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

phrase he made only a partial marriage payment

(Shona) akabhadhara kusvika padanga chete

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

chicken egg

You’re Welcome

tortoises

boats

swell

(Shona) -kwenya, -kwara

how many

impossible

waists