Shona English

save

dig

pull

alone

sing

awake

good

quiet, be

dry (substance)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

hard

finish

dream

yawn

sew

escape

gather

bury

mother

there

lung

noun hyena

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

cockroach

bag

noun hole

noun stone

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

proverb (tsumo) What’s good is good — milk can’t be made into a ball. (You can never add anything to what is already perfect.)

chin

waist

noun cheetah, cheetahs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun lizard

pond

dust

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

hat

yes

proverb (tsumo) The expert tree climber will be made to fall by a twig.

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun dog

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun cock

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

ant hill

noun insect or small wild animal

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) kick

verb (infinitive) dig

verb (infinitive) pull

verb (infinitive) sniff

verb (infinitive) prepared, be

verb (infinitive) grind

verb (infinitive) wash hands

be fast, hurry

verb (infinitive) rub

verb (infinitive) be good

become wet

verb (infinitive) become hard or dry (substance)

verb (infinitive) sleep

verb (infinitive) fight

verb (infinitive) choose

verb (infinitive) sell

verb (infinitive) kill

adverb not

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

east

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

crabs

years

Dialect: English loanword

diarrhea

caves

pain

phrase (different from simple noun) good afternoon

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ants

rib

enemy

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

elands

hives

numeral one

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

old person

[LL] noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

grandchild

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

child

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

singer

and

noun kudu, kudus

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (imperative) burn, be hot

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun hand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hand

noun brown-ness

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

little

sad

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun giraffe, giraffes

verb mosquitoes

phrase what is your name? (informal, fast speech)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

intestines

urine

summer (rainy season)

noun eye

noun sun, day

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa