CEFR Level
B1
Shona — Intermediate Vocabulary
375 words
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -dhakwa | Noun | ||
| 2 | -mu- | Noun | 3rd person singular object concord. | |
| 3 | -ndi- | Noun | 1st person singular object concord. | |
| 4 | -vidza | Noun | ||
| 5 | aini | Noun | iron (tool for ironing clothes). | |
| 6 | baba | Noun | Equivalent to 'father': A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, f… | |
| 7 | bakayau | Noun | dried fish. | |
| 8 | bara | Noun | ||
| 9 | bata | Verb | hold, grasp. | |
| 10 | batya | Noun | ||
| 11 | bhachi | Noun | ||
| 12 | bhandi | Noun | ||
| 13 | bhatye | Noun | ||
| 14 | bhaudhi | Noun | bolt (metal fastener). | |
| 15 | bhazi | Noun | ||
| 16 | bheka | Noun | ||
| 17 | bhikiri | Noun | ||
| 18 | bhiza | Noun | Equivalent to 'horse': A poker variant consisting of five different poker variants, with the rules changing from one var… | |
| 19 | bhokisi | Noun | ||
| 20 | bhotoro | Noun | ||
| 21 | bhucha | Noun | slaughterhouse, butcher's shop. | |
| 22 | bhuku | Noun | Equivalent to 'book': A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written… | |
| 23 | bika | Verb | ||
| 24 | bundo | Noun | growing grass; grassland. | |
| 25 | bundu | Noun | knot in wood. | |
| 26 | buno | Noun | ||
| 27 | bvupa | Noun | ||
| 28 | bwato | Noun | ||
| 29 | chaira | Verb | ||
| 30 | chana | Noun | A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste. | |
| 31 | chanza | Noun | palm of hand. | |
| 32 | chechi | Noun | ||
| 33 | chena | Adjective | Equivalent to 'white': The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths… | |
| 34 | chepfu | Noun | ||
| 35 | chi- | Phrase | Class 7 noun prefix. | |
| 36 | chibayo | Noun | ||
| 37 | chigaro | Noun | seat, chair. | |
| 38 | chikei | Noun | ||
| 39 | chikepe | Noun | ||
| 40 | chikomo | Noun | ||
| 41 | chikope | Noun | ||
| 42 | chikoro | Noun | ||
| 43 | chingwa | Noun | ||
| 44 | chinhu | Noun | thing, something. | |
| 45 | chipa | Verb | be cheap, be inexpensive. | |
| 46 | chipoko | Noun | ||
| 47 | chipunu | Noun | ||
| 48 | chiroto | Noun | Equivalent to 'dream': Acronym of development, relief, and education for alien minors. | |
| 49 | chitina | Noun | ||
| 50 | chitoro | Noun | ||
| 51 | chituro | Noun | ||
| 52 | chituru | Noun | ||
| 53 | chiuru | Noun | ||
| 54 | chiwepu | Noun | ||
| 55 | chizi | Noun | ||
| 56 | choto | Noun | fireplace (in a house) hearth. | |
| 57 | chuma | Noun | ||
| 58 | churu | Noun | A district of Rajasthan, India. | |
| 59 | daidza | Noun | ||
| 60 | dako | Noun | ||
| 61 | dana | Verb | call, summon. | |
| 62 | dapiri | Noun | ||
| 63 | dhaka | Noun, Verb | to intoxicate, to make drunk. | |
| 64 | dhakwa | Verb | passive of -dhaka: be drunk. | |
| 65 | dhirezi | Noun | ||
| 66 | dhongi | Noun | ||
| 67 | dhonza | Verb | ||
| 68 | dhuku | Noun | /ˈd̤ú.ku/ | |
| 69 | dhura | Noun, Verb | be expensive. | |
| 70 | diki | Noun, Adjective | A barangay of Isabela, Basilan, Philippines. | |
| 71 | doko | Adjective | Karanga and Manyika form of -diki. | |
| 72 | domasi | Noun | ||
| 73 | dondo | Noun | florescence (of legumenous plants). | |
| 74 | donzva | Noun | ||
| 75 | duku | Adjective | Karanga and Manyika form of -diki. | |
| 76 | dumbu | Noun | intestines. | |
| 77 | dzidza | Noun | ||
| 78 | dzimba | Noun | ||
| 79 | dziva | Noun | pond, pool. | |
| 80 | famba | Verb | ||
| 81 | famu | Noun | ||
| 82 | fata | Noun | Initialism of Federally Administered Tribal Areas. | |
| 83 | firimu | Noun | film (for a camera). | |
| 84 | fodya | Noun | ||
| 85 | fofo | Noun | match (device to make fire). | |
| 86 | foshoro | Noun | shovel, spade. | |
| 87 | funda | Verb | ||
| 88 | fupa | Noun | Karanga form of bvupa. | |
| 89 | gamera | Noun | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de gamer. | |
| 90 | gara | Noun, Verb | stay, live (somewhere). | |
| 91 | garafa | Noun | piece of glass used to scrape. | |
| 92 | garo | Noun | ||
| 93 | garwe | Noun | crocodile. | |
| 94 | gazi | Noun | ||
| 95 | gejo | Noun | ||
| 96 | girazi | Noun | glass (drinking vessel). | |
| 97 | godo | Noun | ||
| 98 | goko | Noun | crocodile. | |
| 99 | gomo | Noun | mountain, hill. | |
| 100 | gore | Noun | Equivalent to 'cloud': A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. | |
| 101 | goridhe | Noun | ||
| 102 | gorosi | Noun | Equivalent to 'wheat': Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. | |
| 103 | gumi | Noun | ||
| 104 | gungwa | Noun | ||
| 105 | guyu | Noun | ||
| 106 | gwai | Noun | Karanga and Manyika form of hwai. | |
| 107 | gwanza | Noun | ||
| 108 | gwavha | Noun | ||
| 109 | gweta | Noun | ||
| 110 | hachi | Noun | ||
| 111 | hana | Noun, Verb | soul; inner-heart. | |
| 112 | handa | Noun | ||
| 113 | hanga | Noun | helmeted guineafowl. | |
| 114 | hanzi | Noun | ||
| 115 | hapwa | Noun | ||
| 116 | hembe | Noun | ||
| 117 | hondo | Noun | ||
| 118 | hope | Noun | ||
| 119 | horo | Noun | A large cloak worn by Japanese warriors to protect against arrows. | |
| 120 | hozhwa | Noun | slug or snail. | |
| 121 | huku | Noun | ||
| 122 | hukwana | Noun | young chicken; chick. | |
| 123 | hupfumi | Noun | ||
| 124 | hure | Noun | prostitute, whore. | |
| 125 | hwai | Noun | ||
| 126 | hwana | Noun | Karanga form of twana. | |
| 127 | hwindi | Noun | ||
| 128 | ibwe | Noun | ||
| 129 | igwa | Noun | ||
| 130 | imba | Noun | ||
| 131 | imbwa | Noun | ||
| 132 | ingwa | Noun | Korekore form of imbwa. | |
| 133 | ingwe | Noun | ||
| 134 | ishwa | Noun | ||
| 135 | itsvo | Noun | Equivalent to 'Kidney': An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine. | |
| 136 | jasi | Noun | overcoat, greatcoat. | |
| 137 | jazi | Noun | ||
| 138 | joki | Noun | ||
| 139 | jon'osi | Noun | ox, (especially) a young or untrained one. | |
| 140 | kakodzi | Noun | ||
| 141 | kama | Verb | ||
| 142 | kamba | Noun | synonym of ingwe: leopard. | |
| 143 | kamu | Noun | ||
| 144 | kanduru | Noun | ||
| 145 | kanga | Verb | ||
| 146 | kepisi | Noun | cap (kind of hat). | |
| 147 | kirike | Noun | ||
| 148 | kobvu | Noun, Adjective | ||
| 149 | konobho | Noun | ||
| 150 | kopa | Noun | copper (metal). | |
| 151 | koroni | Noun | ||
| 152 | kuba | Verb | infinitive of -ba. | |
| 153 | kubika | Verb | infinitive of -bika (“to cook”). | |
| 154 | kudya | Noun | infinitive of -dya. | |
| 155 | kufa | Verb | infinitive of -fa (“to die”). | |
| 156 | kuota | Verb | infinitive of -ota (“to take warmth from fire”). | |
| 157 | kuru | Adjective | big, large. | |
| 158 | kuuzuru | Adverb | above, high up, upward. | |
| 159 | kuziva | Noun | infinitive of -zívá (“to know”). | |
| 160 | kwenya | Verb | to scratch. | |
| 161 | kwereta | Verb | ||
| 162 | mabwe | Noun | ||
| 163 | machisi | Noun | matches (devices to make fire). | |
| 164 | mafuta | Noun | fat, oil, grease. | |
| 165 | magetsi | Noun | electricity. | |
| 166 | makomo | Noun | ||
| 167 | manje | Adverb, Interjection | now, at present. | |
| 168 | marasha | Noun | ||
| 169 | marata | Noun | corrugated iron. | |
| 170 | mari | Noun | ||
| 171 | masimbe | Noun | ||
| 172 | matako | Noun | ||
| 173 | mate | Noun | saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth). | |
| 174 | matondo | Noun | ||
| 175 | matsiva | Noun | ||
| 176 | mbada | Noun | synonym of ingwe: leopard. | |
| 177 | mbeu | Noun | ||
| 178 | mbira | Noun | thumb piano; mbira. | |
| 179 | mbiya | Noun | a kind of round dish used for relish. | |
| 180 | mboro | Noun | Equivalent to 'penis': The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other… | |
| 181 | mbudzi | Noun | Equivalent to 'November': NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter N. | |
| 182 | mbwa | Noun | Karanga form of imbwa. | |
| 183 | mhara | Noun | ||
| 184 | mhata | Noun | bad-mannered person, asshole. | |
| 185 | mhene | Noun | Equivalent to 'steenbok': A common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris. | |
| 186 | mhino | Noun | Karanga and Manyika form of mhuno. | |
| 187 | mhomho | Noun | ||
| 188 | mhou | Noun | cow (female cattle). | |
| 189 | mhowani | Noun | ||
| 190 | mhumhi | Noun | African hunting dog (Lycaon pictus). | |
| 191 | mhuno | Noun | ||
| 192 | midzimu | Noun | ||
| 193 | mimba | Noun | pregnancy. | |
| 194 | miromo | Noun | ||
| 195 | mombe | Noun | ||
| 196 | moto | Noun | ||
| 197 | moyo | Noun | heart (used in anatomy to refer to the muscular organ which pumps blood throughout the body, as well as in "metaphorical… | |
| 198 | mubiki | Noun | ||
| 199 | muboora | Noun | cooked pumpkin leaves (a dish similar to collard greens). | |
| 200 | mudzimu | Noun | spirit elder of the family. | |
| 201 | mufundi | Noun | student, disciple, learner. | |
| 202 | mugodhi | Noun | ||
| 203 | muhacha | Noun | mobola plum (tree). | |
| 204 | mukadzi | Noun | ||
| 205 | mukaka | Noun | ||
| 206 | mukanwa | Noun | inside of the mouth. | |
| 207 | mukuyu | Noun | ||
| 208 | mundimu | Noun | lemon tree. | |
| 209 | munhu | Noun | person, human. | |
| 210 | munwe | Noun | Equivalent to 'finger': A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb. | |
| 211 | muoko | Noun | Manyika form of ruoko. | |
| 212 | muonde | Noun | ||
| 213 | mupunga | Noun | rice (grain and plant). | |
| 214 | muravi | Noun | ||
| 215 | murimi | Noun | ||
| 216 | muromo | Noun | Equivalent to 'mouth': The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested. | |
| 217 | murota | Noun | ||
| 218 | muRozvi | Noun | ||
| 219 | muRungu | Noun | wealthy person. | |
| 220 | musasa | Noun | a temporary shelter made of branches. | |
| 221 | musoro | Noun | head (body part). | |
| 222 | mutauro | Noun | ||
| 223 | mutengi | Noun | Equivalent to 'Buyer': A person who makes one or more purchases. | |
| 224 | muti | Noun | Equivalent to 'tree': A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance f… | |
| 225 | mutobvu | Noun | lead (metal). | |
| 226 | mutumba | Noun | a type of very large drum. | |
| 227 | muurayi | Noun | ||
| 228 | muviri | Noun | ||
| 229 | mvura | Noun | Equivalent to 'rain': Condensed water falling from a cloud. | |
| 230 | mvuu | Noun | hippopotamus. | |
| 231 | mwaka | Noun | ||
| 232 | mwana | Noun | ||
| 233 | mwedzi | Noun | Equivalent to 'moon': The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology… | |
| 234 | mwoto | Noun | ||
| 235 | mwoyo | Noun | ||
| 236 | n'anga | Noun | witch doctor, medicine man. | |
| 237 | n'ombe | Noun | Karanga and Manyika form of mombe. | |
| 238 | n'wa | Verb | Korekore form of -nwa. | |
| 239 | nachisi | Noun | tangerine, mandarin, naartjie. | |
| 240 | nanazi | Noun | pineapple. | |
| 241 | ndarama | Noun | precious metal, (especially) gold. | |
| 242 | ndebvu | Noun | ||
| 243 | ndege | Noun | aeroplane, airplane, aircraft. | |
| 244 | ndi- | Phrase | 1st person singular subject concord, I. | |
| 245 | ndimu | Noun | ||
| 246 | ndoto | Noun | ||
| 247 | ngamera | Noun | Equivalent to 'Camel': A river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Padstow. | |
| 248 | ngani | Adjective | how much, how many. | |
| 249 | ngano | Noun | folklore, fable, fantasy. | |
| 250 | ngarava | Noun | ||
| 251 | ngoma | Noun | drum (musical instrument). | |
| 252 | ngopero | Noun | ||
| 253 | nguruve | Noun | ||
| 254 | nguva | Noun | ||
| 255 | ngwe | Noun | Karanga form of ingwe. | |
| 256 | ngwena | Noun | crocodile. | |
| 257 | nhambo | Noun | ||
| 258 | nhanga | Noun | ||
| 259 | nhauro | Noun | story, news. | |
| 260 | nhondo | Noun | ||
| 261 | nhoro | Noun | Equivalent to 'kudu': A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphu… | |
| 262 | nhumbu | Noun | ||
| 263 | njanji | Noun | ||
| 264 | njuma | Noun | poll (hornless specimen of an animal that usually has horns). | |
| 265 | nomwe | Adjective | ||
| 266 | nondo | Noun | tsessebe (an antelope, Damaliscus lunatus). | |
| 267 | nyama | Noun | ||
| 268 | nyambo | Noun | ||
| 269 | nyanza | Noun | ocean, sea. | |
| 270 | nyarara | Verb | be quiet, be silent. | |
| 271 | nyati | Noun | buffalo (Old World savannah-dwelling bovid). | |
| 272 | nyaya | Noun | conversation. | |
| 273 | nyenga | Verb | gain favor with someone. | |
| 274 | nyoka | Noun | ||
| 275 | nyuchi | Noun | ||
| 276 | nyundo | Noun | Equivalent to 'hammer': someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. | |
| 277 | nzara | Noun | ||
| 278 | nzeve | Noun | ||
| 279 | nzira | Noun | ||
| 280 | nzou | Noun | Equivalent to 'elephant': A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native… | |
| 281 | nzungu | Noun | groundnut / peanut. | |
| 282 | onde | Noun | ||
| 283 | oneka | Verb | to be seen, to be visible. | |
| 284 | onesa | Verb | causative of -ona (“to see”). | |
| 285 | pamhi | Noun, Adjective | ||
| 286 | pasi | Noun | on the ground. | |
| 287 | pauzuru | Adverb | above, high up. | |
| 288 | pfupi | Noun, Adjective | ||
| 289 | pfuti | Noun | Equivalent to 'Gun': A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firear… | |
| 290 | pungwe | Noun | pungwe (all-night political vigil or rally). | |
| 291 | purazi | Noun | ||
| 292 | rara | Verb | ||
| 293 | refu | Adjective | long, tall. | |
| 294 | remoni | Noun | ||
| 295 | rima | Verb | cultivate. | |
| 296 | rize | Noun | Equivalent to 'Scorpion': Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two… | |
| 297 | rokwe | Noun | ||
| 298 | ropa | Noun | Equivalent to 'blood': A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and… | |
| 299 | rota | Verb | ||
| 300 | roto | Noun | ||
| 301 | rufu | Noun | ||
| 302 | rugare | Noun | ||
| 303 | rukodzi | Noun | Equivalent to 'Hawk': A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster… | |
| 304 | rukuni | Noun | piece of firewood. | |
| 305 | ruoko | Noun | ||
| 306 | rurimi | Noun | ||
| 307 | ruva | Noun | Equivalent to 'flower': A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting… | |
| 308 | sadza | Noun | sadza, nshima (maize porridge, a staple in Shona cuisine). | |
| 309 | seka | Verb | laugh (at). | |
| 310 | sere | Adjective | ||
| 311 | shanu | Adjective | ||
| 312 | shava | Adjective | ||
| 313 | shoma | Adjective | few, little (small in quantity). | |
| 314 | shuga | Noun | Equivalent to 'sugar': Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten… | |
| 315 | shumba | Noun | ||
| 316 | shwa | Noun | Karanga form of ishwa. | |
| 317 | simba | Noun, Verb | be powerful. | |
| 318 | simbi | Noun | iron (tool for ironing clothes). | |
| 319 | sipo | Noun | ||
| 320 | siraha | Noun | slaughterhouse, butcher's shop. | |
| 321 | sirivha | Noun | ||
| 322 | sondo | Noun | ||
| 323 | sora | Noun | A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America. | |
| 324 | svondo | Noun | Equivalent to 'Sunday': The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in syste… | |
| 325 | tafura | Noun | ||
| 326 | tanhatu | Adjective | ||
| 327 | tatu | Adjective | ||
| 328 | taundi | Noun | ||
| 329 | teburu | Noun | ||
| 330 | tema | Adjective | ||
| 331 | tenesi | Noun | sneaker, tennis shoe. | |
| 332 | tenga | Noun | The currency of Bukhara before 1920, divided into 10 falus. | |
| 333 | tete | Adjective | ||
| 334 | toki | Noun | ||
| 335 | tsaru | Noun, Adjective | old (of things). | |
| 336 | tsotsi | Noun | criminal, thug, gangster, hooligan, hoodlum. | |
| 337 | tsva | Adjective | ||
| 338 | tsvo | Noun | Karanga and Manyika form of itsvo. | |
| 339 | tsvuku | Adjective | Equivalent to 'red': The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest v… | |
| 340 | twana | Noun | Equivalent to 'caracal': A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caraca… | |
| 341 | tyaira | Verb | drive (a vehicle). | |
| 342 | tyava | Noun | ||
| 343 | ukuru | Noun, Adjective | greatness. | |
| 344 | umba | Verb | to mould, shape (clay or a similar substance). | |
| 345 | unga | Noun | gunpowder. | |
| 346 | uraya | Verb | ||
| 347 | usiku | Noun | nighttime. | |
| 348 | vakadzi | Noun | ||
| 349 | vanhu | Noun | ||
| 350 | varimi | Noun | ||
| 351 | verenga | Verb | to compute. | |
| 352 | vhara | Verb | close, shut. | |
| 353 | vhiki | Noun | ||
| 354 | vhiri | Noun | ||
| 355 | vhunze | Noun | ||
| 356 | vira | Verb | ||
| 357 | viri | Adjective | ||
| 358 | vusiku | Noun | night (in two Shona languages, Karanga and Ndau language). | |
| 359 | windo | Noun | ||
| 360 | zamu | Noun | breast (mammary organ). | |
| 361 | zana | Noun | ||
| 362 | zanda | Noun | ||
| 363 | zhara | Noun | Karanga form of nzara. | |
| 364 | zhinji | Noun, Adjective | much, many (large in quantity). | |
| 365 | zhou | Noun | Karanga form of nzou. | |
| 366 | zino | Noun | ||
| 367 | ziso | Noun | Equivalent to 'eye': A large village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref… | |
| 368 | ziva | Verb | to be acquainted with. | |
| 369 | zuva | Noun | Equivalent to 'sun': The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented… | |
| 370 | zvanza | Noun | ||
| 371 | zvara | Verb | ||
| 372 | zvi- | Phrase | Class 8 noun prefix. | |
| 373 | zvimba | Verb | ||
| 374 | zvinhu | Noun | ||
| 375 | zviroto | Noun | fantasies. |