Shona English

hold

save

want

pull

dry (substance)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

hit

laugh

count

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

pronoun who?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

knife

vagina

noun knee

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

pronoun what?

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

cough

sky, heaven, roof

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

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

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

name

noun mountain (not hill)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun cloud (not fog), year

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun crow

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

armpit

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

pronoun that

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

house

pronoun we

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sand

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun cock

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) catch, hold

verb (infinitive) pay

verb (infinitive) save (money)

verb (infinitive) eat

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) sniff

verb (infinitive) think

verb (infinitive) bark (dog)

be fast, hurry

verb (infinitive) hear

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) understand

where

verb (infinitive) be blind

far

verb (infinitive) vomit

verb (infinitive) swim

verb (infinitive) stand

Speaker: Maxwell Kadenge

verb (infinitive) stand

verb (infinitive) play

verb (infinitive) receive

verb (infinitive) be cold (of weather)

verb (infinitive) gather

verb (infinitive) poor, be

verb (infinitive) know (facts)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

verb (infinitive) recognize

verb (infinitive) give birth

verb (infinitive) swell

verb (infinitive) pregnant, be

east

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

crabs

noun jackals

ladder

tomorrow

caves

twin

money

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

deaf

chicken eggs

numeral one

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

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

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

female

rainbow

mouth, lip

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

girl

noun hippopotamus, hippopotamuses

noun

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

singer

phrase I like sadza

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

yesterday

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun ear

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

proverb (tsumo) An elephant never finds its own tusks heavy.

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

here

noun blood

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

left

noun hand

eight

week

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

adjective red (colour)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

noun insects

phrase what are you doing? (informal)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ignatius Mabasa

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

adjective yellow (colour)

Speaker: Emmanuel Chabata

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Moenda Pureni

proverb (tsumo) The tooth is a fool, it smiles even at one’s enemy. (Appearances can be deceiving.)

Speaker: Ignatius T. Mabasa

ankle