Shona English

kick

hold

black (colour)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

fast

wet, become

see

be blind

dream

choose

tie

escape

chew

break

father

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

shoulder

cockroach

bag

brown

noun hole

noun knee

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb rhinoceros

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

[LL] noun abandoned home

Example: outside Mt Darwin (IM)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

name

verb (stem) die

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

dust

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

phrase I have never read that book

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

armpit

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

house

this

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

that

word

verb (infinitive) catch, hold

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) protect

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) return

verb (infinitive) die

verb (infinitive) sit down

verb (infinitive) wash hair

verb (infinitive) throw

be fast, hurry

verb (infinitive) rub

verb (infinitive) go to sleep

verb (infinitive) lie (tell untruth)

verb (infinitive) finish

verb (infinitive) be blind

far

verb (infinitive) stand

verb (infinitive) tie

verb (infinitive) receive

verb (infinitive) talk, speak, say

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) be cold (of weather)

verb (infinitive) break

verb (infinitive) suck (breast)

verb (infinitive) recognize

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) pregnant, be

adverb not

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

east

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ponds

years

Dialect: English loanword

crows

vaginas

pain

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

teeth

thief

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

bucks

lightning

wind, air

pronoun 2.sg eland

fruit

phrase How are you? (literal: Are you happy?)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

girl

neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun water

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun daughter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

Thank You

phrase I like sadza

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

drum

today

noun claw, claws

ground

left

arm

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

sick

ant

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

thin

foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb mosquitoes

intestines

phrase where are you going?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sun, day

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata