Shona Talking Dictionary

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#da

want

#ipa

bad

#naka

good

#ona

see

#rota

dream

#tarisa

watch

#tenga

buy

#tsenga

chew

#tyora

break

#uya

come

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

#verenga

count

banga

knife

bazi

branch

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

beche

vagina

bhurauni

brown

bhuruu

blue

buri

noun hole

chamhembe

south

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

chibhakera

fist

chipoko

ghost

chiropa

noun liver

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

dendere

nest

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

denderedzwa

noun circle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

dumbu

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

edina

name

gonye

noun worm

gurura

dust

guvi

guvi

noun puddle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

gwa

grave

hombe

adjective big

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

inwa

drink

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

itsva

adjective (cl. 9) new

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

iwe

pronoun 2.sg you

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

jongwe

noun cock

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

kamu

comb

kubanha

verb (infinitive) kick

kubata

verb (infinitive) catch, hold

kubatsira

verb (infinitive) help

kubika

verb (infinitive) cook

kubuda ropa

verb (infinitive) bleed

kubvisa zvipfeko

verb (infinitive) undress

kubvunza

verb (infinitive) ask

kuchena

verb (infinitive) be white (colour)

kudya

verb (infinitive) eat

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

kugadzira

verb (infinitive) make, prepare

kugara pasi

verb phrase sit down

kuhukura

verb (infinitive) bark (dog)

kukurumidza

be fast, hurry

kuoma nechando

verb (infinitive) freeze

kupedza

verb (infinitive) finish

kupi

where

kurapa

verb (infinitive) nurse

kurara

verb (infinitive) sleep

kurutsa

verb (infinitive) vomit

kusimudza

verb (infinitive) raise

kutambira

verb (infinitive) receive

kuuya

verb (infinitive) come

kuva nenyota

verb (infinitive) thirsty, be

kuzorora

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

makudo

baboons

manheru

noun (good) evening

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

marwadzo

pain

mbabvu

rib

mhandu

enemy

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

Mhango

Mhango

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mhembe

bucks

mukuru

elderly

munhukadzi

female

munhurume

male

munin’ina

younger brother

murarabungu

rainbow

musana

back

musoro

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

muti

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mutsipa

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

mvuu

noun hippopotamus, hippopotamuses

Mwena

Mwena

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

mweya

smell

ndakasvika nezuro

phrase I arrived yesterday

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ndapota

Please

ndebvu

beard

ndinoda kudya sadza

phrase I want to eat sadza

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ndinoda nyika yangu

phrase I love my country

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

nezuro

yesterday

nyama

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

nyati

buffalo, buffaloes

nyaya

story

piri

numeral two

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ruoko

noun hand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

sei

how

shiri

noun bird

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

tatu

three

tezvara

father-in-law

tsiye

eyelash

unonz’ ani?

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

uri kuitei?

phrase what are you doing? (informal)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

vana

children

zhizha

summer (rainy season)

zizi

verb owl

zviuno

waists

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Dictionary produced by Ignatius T. Mabasa, Dr. Jeffrey Wills, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2014).
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how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S., Ignatius T. Mabasa, Jeffrey Wills and K. David Harrison. 2014. Shona Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/shona

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