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cry

(Shona) amwe

choose

(Shona) kupi

question who?

fathers-in-law

I will not give you the money

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

paternal uncle

mucus

(Shona) nekuti

butterfly

blue

name

bleed

(Shona) iwe

noun hair (on head of humans)

little finger

(Shona) ruboshwe

which

bat

well

heel

(Shona) -twasanuka

sharpening tool

if

help

(Shona) muchero

wind

breathe

(Shona) ino

noun bone

rat

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

arrow

adjective big

hide

(Shona) shizha

pronoun this

pronoun that

need

(Shona) nzeve

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

louse, head

testicle

far

baskets

names

mothers

mother

crabs

mountains

eighty

ladder

ladders

hyenas

wings

money

branches

intestines

(Shona) -tsetseka

thieves

penis

deaf

hut

enemies

impalas

noun air

noun tree (not log)

(Shona) muti

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

smell

noun boy

another

moons

stories

bellies

(Shona) dziva

Please

gold

beards

(Shona) rwizi

Thank You

fishnet

crocodiles

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Lovemore Mutonga

mosquito

bees

here

float

(Shona) -onda

lung

(Shona) ne

numeral two

heavy

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

yawn

(Shona) -imba

forest

noun bird

birds

itch

(Shona) -totesa

sweet

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

noun foot (not leg)

rainbow

elder brothers

children

five

six

three

chicken egg

day before yesterday

noun sun

chins

(Shona) denga

understand

(Shona) -pa