Shona English

verb, intransitive cook

pull

breathe

do

comb

another

tired

hard

be blind

vomit

yawn

take

turn

fear

hunt

lung

blue

noun liver

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

thousand

noun cheetah, cheetahs

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

[LL] noun abandoned home

Example: outside Mt Darwin (IM)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

pond

crocodile

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun jackal

noun guinea fowl, guinea fowls

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun brother or sister (of the opposite sex)

yes

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

house

proverb (tsumo) An old dog knows where to bite (There is no substitute for experience)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

chief

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

kidney(s)

pronoun 2.sg you

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

ant hill

verb (infinitive) catch, hold

verb (infinitive) ask

verb (infinitive) protect

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) sit down

verb (infinitive) wash hands

verb (infinitive) lie (in ambush)

verb (infinitive) snore

verb (infinitive) comb

verb (infinitive) stop

verb (infinitive) lie (tell untruth)

verb (infinitive) to hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

verb (infinitive) see

verb (infinitive) nurse

far

verb (infinitive) watch

verb (infinitive) sell

verb (infinitive) chew

verb (infinitive) burn

verb (infinitive) come

verb (infinitive) close

verb (infinitive) suck (breast)

verb (infinitive) know each other

verb (infinitive) recognize

holes

east

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun (good) evening

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

north

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun dawn

teeth

seeds

noun mouse, mice

raw

buck

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

wind, air

noun cow, cows, cattle

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

fire

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

numeral one

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

fruit

elderly

old person

proverb (tsumo) Where you chase away baboons is where you discover mushrooms. (In solving a problem, opportunities arise.)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

younger sister

thorn

neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

beard

drum

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

story

bee

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun path (road, trail; not street)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

left

arm

flower

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

noun river, rivers

proverb (tsumo) Signs are not the same as results

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun giraffe, giraffes

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

phrase what are you doing? (informal)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb owl

now

phrase everything is fine

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa