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cave

butterfly

pay

(Shona) rurimi

basket

boiled

cooked

fist

(Shona) -zara

tortoise

dream

happy

verb stand

sing

(Shona) -funga

verb dead

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

hip

(Shona) -pinza

vagina

ten

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

pig

fish(es)

bark (dog)

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

ripe

pronoun that

pronoun inclusive we

insect

leopard

east

mothers

paternal aunts

combs

ninety

chief

verb tomorrow

noun bark (of tree)

hyenas

malaria

noun earth (soil)

ostriches

dust

spears

tails

necks

(Shona) zita

brooms

elder sister

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

fruit

wife

noun mouth

spear

friend

younger brother

back

(Shona) jenaguru

old person

groom

months

bellies

(Shona) dziva

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

beards

(Shona) rwizi

Tomorrow I will see you

I eat quails

(Shona) ndinodya zvihuta

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

blunt (knife)

claws

why

lake

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

noun star

snakes

ears

(Shona) dota

adjective dry (substance)

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

numeral two

think

(Shona) -famba

straight

maternal uncles

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

wash someone

(Shona) -sunga

grass

python

raise

(Shona) zamu

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

buy

(Shona) apo

veins

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

verb come

singers

boys

week

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

adjective name

sweat

noun sun

every day

correct

verb, intransitive drums

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

little fingers

(Shona) ku, kuna, pa, pana

rhinoceroses

now

verb hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole