Shona English

hold

tear

happy

breathe

fast

tired

dry (substance)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

hard

finish

yawn

come

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

close

father

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

lung

sweet

noun liver

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

Goodbye

stick

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen), stomach

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen), stomach

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun lizard

name

fence

butterfly

elbow

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

adjective baby

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun fish

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

house

kidney(s)

pronoun 2.sg you

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) bleed

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) be white (colour)

verb (infinitive) want, need

verb (infinitive) pass the night

verb (infinitive) feed

verb (infinitive) protect

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) press

verb (infinitive) walk

verb (infinitive) comb

verb (infinitive) stop

verb (infinitive) be good

verb (infinitive) lie (tell untruth)

become wet

verb (infinitive) see

where

verb (infinitive) be hot, set on fire

verb (infinitive) be blind

verb (infinitive) leave

verb (infinitive) tie

verb (infinitive) play

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) thirsty, be

verb (infinitive) hungry, be

verb (infinitive) hidden, be

verb (infinitive) bury

verb (infinitive) full

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) give birth

verb (infinitive) pregnant, be

cocks

ladder

vaginas

money

chicken eggs

teeth

noun zebra

pronoun 2.sg eland

verb ostrich, ostriches

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

hive

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

elderly

son-in-law

[LL] noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

month

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

beard

bat

Dialect: English loanword

phrase I want to eat sadza

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun pig, pigs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

orphan

noun claw, claws

noun path (road, trail; not street)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

near

adjective long (not ’wide’)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hand

salt

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

paternal grandfather

noun lion, lions

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

father-in-law

intestines

phrase What are you afraid of?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

name

phrase What’s the matter?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa