Shona English

verb, intransitive cry

sing

vomit

all

sew

spit

cold (of weather)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

kiss

hunt

open

grandmother (paternal or maternal), mother-in-law

knife

vagina

shoulder

basket

south

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective white (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

proverb (tsumo) The cow-hide eating expert was choked by a calf’s hide.

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

frog

nest

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

phrase the dam is full

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun cheetah, cheetahs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

[LL] noun abandoned home

Example: outside Mt Darwin (IM)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

ten

proverb (tsumo) Relationships are made complete by fellowshipping (sharing meals)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun knee

noun stone

pronoun that

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

four

chief

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

comb

verb (infinitive) pay

verb (infinitive) bleed

verb (infinitive) tear

verb (infinitive) ask

verb (infinitive) cut

verb (infinitive) save (money)

verb (infinitive) feel warmth

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) sit down

verb (infinitive) grind

verb (infinitive) bark (dog)

verb (infinitive) sing

become wet

verb (infinitive) understand

verb (infinitive) freeze

verb (infinitive) separated, be

verb (infinitive) be hot, set on fire

verb (infinitive) sharpen

verb (infinitive) raise

verb (infinitive) spit, salivate

verb (infinitive) begin

verb (infinitive) obey

verb (infinitive) kiss

verb (infinitive) fear

verb (infinitive) kill

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) know each other

verb (infinitive) lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ant hills

mountains

crows

net

lungs

noun (good) afternoon

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

phrase How have you spent your day?

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb owls

noun mouse, mice

pronoun 2.sg eland

elands

verb ostrich, ostriches

numeral one

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun woman

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

elderly

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun water

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

son

noun daughter

Speaker: Reggemore Marongedze

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective bride

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

singer

fly

Excuse Me

flower

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

song

paternal grandfather

father-in-law

proverb (tsumo) Signs are not the same as results

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

children

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

urine

waists

phrase everything is fine

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa