CEFR Level
B1
Shona — Intermediate Vocabulary
555 words
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -chipa | Adjective | Low or reduced in price. | |
| 2 | -dhakwa | Noun | ||
| 3 | -mu- | Noun | 3rd person singular object concord. | |
| 4 | -ndi- | Noun | 1st person singular object concord. | |
| 5 | -rota | Verb | To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping. | |
| 6 | -vidza | Noun | ||
| 7 | aini | Noun | iron (tool for ironing clothes). | |
| 8 | amai | Noun | ||
| 9 | ambee | Noun | ||
| 10 | apuro | Noun | ||
| 11 | baba | Noun | Equivalent to 'father': A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, f… | |
| 12 | bakayau | Noun | dried fish. | |
| 13 | bako | Noun | A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. | |
| 14 | banga | Noun | A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the… | |
| 15 | bara | Noun | ||
| 16 | bata | Verb | hold, grasp. | |
| 17 | batya | Noun | ||
| 18 | bekari | Noun | ||
| 19 | bereka | Noun | ||
| 20 | bhachi | Noun | ||
| 21 | bhanana | Noun | ||
| 22 | bhandi | Noun | ||
| 23 | bhara | Noun | A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads. | |
| 24 | bhari | Noun | ||
| 25 | bhatye | Noun | ||
| 26 | bhaudhi | Noun | bolt (metal fastener). | |
| 27 | bhazi | Noun | ||
| 28 | bheka | Noun | ||
| 29 | bhikiri | Noun | ||
| 30 | bhiza | Noun | Equivalent to 'horse': A poker variant consisting of five different poker variants, with the rules changing from one var… | |
| 31 | bhokisi | Noun | ||
| 32 | bhotoro | Noun | ||
| 33 | bhucha | Noun | slaughterhouse, butcher's shop. | |
| 34 | bhuku | Noun | Equivalent to 'book': A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written… | |
| 35 | bika | Verb | ||
| 36 | bundo | Noun | growing grass; grassland. | |
| 37 | bundu | Noun | knot in wood. | |
| 38 | buno | Noun | ||
| 39 | bvupa | Noun | ||
| 40 | bwato | Noun | ||
| 41 | chaira | Verb | ||
| 42 | chana | Noun | A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste. | |
| 43 | chanza | Noun | palm of hand. | |
| 44 | chechi | Noun | ||
| 45 | chena | Adjective | Equivalent to 'white': The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths… | |
| 46 | chepfu | Noun | ||
| 47 | chi- | Phrase | Class 7 noun prefix. | |
| 48 | chibayo | Noun | ||
| 49 | chiedza | Noun | A flame or something used to create fire. | |
| 50 | chigaro | Noun | seat, chair. | |
| 51 | chigayo | Noun | The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (su… | |
| 52 | chigero | Noun | A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that th… | |
| 53 | chikei | Noun | ||
| 54 | chikepe | Noun | ||
| 55 | chikomo | Noun | ||
| 56 | chikope | Noun | ||
| 57 | chikoro | Noun | ||
| 58 | chingwa | Noun | ||
| 59 | chinhu | Noun | thing, something. | |
| 60 | chipa | Verb | be cheap, be inexpensive. | |
| 61 | chipoko | Noun | ||
| 62 | chipunu | Noun | ||
| 63 | chiroto | Noun | Equivalent to 'dream': Acronym of development, relief, and education for alien minors. | |
| 64 | chitaka | Noun | A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible fo… | |
| 65 | chitina | Noun | ||
| 66 | chitofu | Noun | ||
| 67 | chitoro | Noun | ||
| 68 | chituro | Noun | ||
| 69 | chituru | Noun | ||
| 70 | chiuru | Noun | ||
| 71 | chivi | Noun | ||
| 72 | chiwepu | Noun | ||
| 73 | chizi | Noun | ||
| 74 | choto | Noun | An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney. | |
| 75 | chuma | Noun | ||
| 76 | churu | Noun | A district of Rajasthan, India. | |
| 77 | dada | Noun | A goose of the species Alopochen aegyptiaca. | |
| 78 | dáfi | Noun | ||
| 79 | daidza | Noun | ||
| 80 | dako | Noun | ||
| 81 | dana | Verb | call, summon. | |
| 82 | danhiko | Noun | ||
| 83 | dapiri | Noun | ||
| 84 | dare | Noun | A consultative process between groups pursuing a common goal. | |
| 85 | dehenya | Noun | The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible. | |
| 86 | dema | Adjective | Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. | |
| 87 | dénga | Noun | ||
| 88 | derere | Noun | The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus. | |
| 89 | dhadha | Noun | ||
| 90 | dhaga | Noun | A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fir… | |
| 91 | dhaka | Noun, Verb | to intoxicate, to make drunk. | |
| 92 | dhakwa | Verb | passive of -dhaka: be drunk. | |
| 93 | dhirezi | Noun | ||
| 94 | dhongi | Noun | ||
| 95 | dhonza | Verb | ||
| 96 | dhuku | Noun | /ˈd̤ú.ku/ | |
| 97 | dhura | Noun, Verb | be expensive. | |
| 98 | diki | Noun, Adjective | A barangay of Isabela, Basilan, Philippines. | |
| 99 | doko | Adjective | Karanga and Manyika form of -diki. | |
| 100 | domasi | Noun | ||
| 101 | dondo | Noun | florescence (of legumenous plants). | |
| 102 | donhwe | Noun | A very small drop. | |
| 103 | donje | Noun | ||
| 104 | donzva | Noun | ||
| 105 | dota | Noun | ||
| 106 | duku | Adjective | Karanga and Manyika form of -diki. | |
| 107 | dumbu | Noun | intestines. | |
| 108 | dzidza | Noun | ||
| 109 | dzimba | Noun | ||
| 110 | dziva | Noun | pond, pool. | |
| 111 | dzvinyu | Noun | Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of Mosasauria — typically characterised by a rounded torso… | |
| 112 | enzane | Noun | ||
| 113 | famba | Verb | ||
| 114 | famu | Noun | ||
| 115 | fata | Noun | Initialism of Federally Administered Tribal Areas. | |
| 116 | firiji | Noun | ||
| 117 | firimu | Noun | film (for a camera). | |
| 118 | fodya | Noun | ||
| 119 | fofo | Noun | match (device to make fire). | |
| 120 | forogo | Noun | ||
| 121 | foshoro | Noun | shovel, spade. | |
| 122 | fudzi | Noun | ||
| 123 | funda | Verb | ||
| 124 | fupa | Noun | Karanga form of bvupa. | |
| 125 | gamba | Noun | ||
| 126 | gamera | Noun | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de gamer. | |
| 127 | gara | Noun, Verb | stay, live (somewhere). | |
| 128 | garafa | Noun | piece of glass used to scrape. | |
| 129 | garo | Noun | ||
| 130 | garwe | Noun | crocodile. | |
| 131 | gasi | Noun | ||
| 132 | gava | Noun | ||
| 133 | gazi | Noun | ||
| 134 | gejo | Noun | ||
| 135 | girazi | Noun | glass (drinking vessel). | |
| 136 | girepi | Noun | ||
| 137 | gireta | Noun | ||
| 138 | gireyi | Adjective | Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness. | |
| 139 | girini | Adjective | ||
| 140 | godo | Noun | ||
| 141 | goko | Noun | crocodile. | |
| 142 | gokora | Noun | ||
| 143 | gomo | Noun | mountain, hill. | |
| 144 | gondo | Noun | Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and… | |
| 145 | gonhi | Noun | A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may ha… | |
| 146 | gore | Noun | Equivalent to 'cloud': A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. | |
| 147 | goridhe | Noun | ||
| 148 | gorosi | Noun | Equivalent to 'wheat': Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. | |
| 149 | gumbeze | Noun | ||
| 150 | gumbo | Noun | ||
| 151 | gumi | Noun | ||
| 152 | gunguwo | Noun | A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croa… | |
| 153 | gungwa | Noun | ||
| 154 | guta | Noun | ||
| 155 | guvhu | Noun | ||
| 156 | guyu | Noun | ||
| 157 | gwai | Noun | Karanga and Manyika form of hwai. | |
| 158 | gwanza | Noun | ||
| 159 | gwaro | Noun | ||
| 160 | gwavha | Noun | ||
| 161 | gwenga | Noun | ||
| 162 | gwenzi | Noun | ||
| 163 | gweta | Noun | ||
| 164 | hachi | Noun | ||
| 165 | hafnium | Noun | ||
| 166 | hámbá | Noun | ||
| 167 | hana | Noun, Verb | soul; inner-heart. | |
| 168 | handa | Noun | ||
| 169 | hanga | Noun | helmeted guineafowl. | |
| 170 | hanzi | Noun | ||
| 171 | hapwa | Noun | ||
| 172 | helium | Noun | ||
| 173 | hembe | Noun | ||
| 174 | hohwa | Noun | ||
| 175 | hondo | Noun | ||
| 176 | honha | Noun | ||
| 177 | hope | Noun | ||
| 178 | horo | Noun | A large cloak worn by Japanese warriors to protect against arrows. | |
| 179 | hove | Noun | ||
| 180 | hozhwa | Noun | slug or snail. | |
| 181 | hózhwe | Noun | Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell. | |
| 182 | huchi | Noun | ||
| 183 | hujoto | Noun | ||
| 184 | huku | Noun | ||
| 185 | hukwana | Noun | young chicken; chick. | |
| 186 | hunhu | Noun | The human condition or nature. | |
| 187 | hupfumi | Noun | ||
| 188 | hure | Noun | prostitute, whore. | |
| 189 | husiku | Noun | A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before su… | |
| 190 | hwai | Noun | ||
| 191 | hwana | Noun | Karanga form of twana. | |
| 192 | hwayi | Noun | ||
| 193 | hwindi | Noun | ||
| 194 | ibvi | Noun | ||
| 195 | ibwe | Noun | ||
| 196 | igwa | Noun | ||
| 197 | imba | Noun | ||
| 198 | imbwa | Noun | ||
| 199 | ingwa | Noun | Korekore form of imbwa. | |
| 200 | ingwe | Noun | ||
| 201 | ishwa | Noun | ||
| 202 | itsvo | Noun | Equivalent to 'Kidney': An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine. | |
| 203 | jasi | Noun | overcoat, greatcoat. | |
| 204 | jazi | Noun | ||
| 205 | jecha | Noun | ||
| 206 | joki | Noun | ||
| 207 | jon'osi | Noun | ox, (especially) a young or untrained one. | |
| 208 | kakodzi | Noun | ||
| 209 | kama | Verb | ||
| 210 | kamba | Noun | synonym of ingwe: leopard. | |
| 211 | kamu | Noun | ||
| 212 | kana | Conjunction | ||
| 213 | kanduru | Noun | ||
| 214 | kanga | Verb | ||
| 215 | katsi | Noun | ||
| 216 | kepisi | Noun | cap (kind of hat). | |
| 217 | kereke | Noun | ||
| 218 | kirike | Noun | ||
| 219 | kkkk | Interjection | Laughing (or laugh) out loud. | |
| 220 | kobvu | Noun, Adjective | ||
| 221 | kofi | Noun | A serving of this beverage. | |
| 222 | konobho | Noun | ||
| 223 | kopa | Noun | copper (metal). | |
| 224 | koroni | Noun | ||
| 225 | kuba | Verb | infinitive of -ba. | |
| 226 | kubika | Verb | infinitive of -bika (“to cook”). | |
| 227 | kudya | Noun | infinitive of -dya. | |
| 228 | kudzana | Noun | ||
| 229 | kufa | Verb | infinitive of -fa (“to die”). | |
| 230 | kumeso | Noun | The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area. | |
| 231 | kunyepa | Verb | To convey a false image or impression. | |
| 232 | kuota | Verb | infinitive of -ota (“to take warmth from fire”). | |
| 233 | kupenya | Noun | A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or be… | |
| 234 | kurima | Noun | The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and managem… | |
| 235 | kuru | Adjective | big, large. | |
| 236 | kutaura | Verb | To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. | |
| 237 | kuuzuru | Adverb | above, high up, upward. | |
| 238 | kuziva | Noun | infinitive of -zívá (“to know”). | |
| 239 | kwenya | Verb | to scratch. | |
| 240 | kwereta | Verb | ||
| 241 | lithium | Noun | ||
| 242 | mabhiza | Noun | ||
| 243 | mabhuku | Noun | ||
| 244 | mabwe | Noun | ||
| 245 | machisi | Noun | matches (devices to make fire). | |
| 246 | madziva | Noun | ||
| 247 | mafuta | Noun | fat, oil, grease. | |
| 248 | magetsi | Noun | electricity. | |
| 249 | makomo | Noun | ||
| 250 | makuta | Noun | ||
| 251 | makwenu | Noun | scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis. | |
| 252 | mambo | Noun | A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation. | |
| 253 | manje | Adverb, Interjection | now, at present. | |
| 254 | mapfupa | Noun | ||
| 255 | marasha | Noun | ||
| 256 | marata | Noun | corrugated iron. | |
| 257 | mari | Noun | ||
| 258 | marodi | Noun | A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated. | |
| 259 | maruva | Noun | ||
| 260 | masango | Noun | ||
| 261 | masimbe | Noun | ||
| 262 | matako | Noun | ||
| 263 | mate | Noun | saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth). | |
| 264 | matondo | Noun | ||
| 265 | matsiva | Noun | ||
| 266 | mazai | Noun | ||
| 267 | mazino | Noun | ||
| 268 | maziso | Noun | ||
| 269 | mazita | Noun | ||
| 270 | mazuva | Noun | ||
| 271 | mbada | Noun | synonym of ingwe: leopard. | |
| 272 | mbesa | Noun | An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous org… | |
| 273 | mbeu | Noun | ||
| 274 | mbira | Noun | thumb piano; mbira. | |
| 275 | mbiti | Noun | ||
| 276 | mbiya | Noun | a kind of round dish used for relish. | |
| 277 | mbizi | Noun | A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person. | |
| 278 | mboro | Noun | The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is a… | |
| 279 | mbudzi | Noun | Equivalent to 'November': NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter N. | |
| 280 | mbwa | Noun | Karanga form of imbwa. | |
| 281 | menduru | Noun | ||
| 282 | mhara | Noun | ||
| 283 | mhata | Noun | bad-mannered person, asshole. | |
| 284 | mhene | Noun | Equivalent to 'steenbok': A common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris. | |
| 285 | mheni | Noun | A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or be… | |
| 286 | mhepo | Noun | One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air. | |
| 287 | mhindi | Noun | ||
| 288 | mhino | Noun | Karanga and Manyika form of mhuno. | |
| 289 | mhomho | Noun | ||
| 290 | mhondi | Noun | ||
| 291 | mhou | Noun | cow (female cattle). | |
| 292 | mhowani | Noun | ||
| 293 | mhuka | Noun | ||
| 294 | mhumhi | Noun | A wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Afri… | |
| 295 | mhuno | Noun | ||
| 296 | mhuri | Noun | ||
| 297 | midzi | Noun | ||
| 298 | midzimu | Noun | ||
| 299 | mimba | Noun | pregnancy. | |
| 300 | mipunga | Noun | ||
| 301 | mireza | Noun | ||
| 302 | miromo | Noun | ||
| 303 | miti | Noun | ||
| 304 | mombe | Noun | ||
| 305 | moto | Noun | ||
| 306 | motsi | Adjective | ||
| 307 | moyo | Noun | heart (used in anatomy to refer to the muscular organ which pumps blood throughout the body, as well as in "metaphorical… | |
| 308 | mpunga | Noun | ||
| 309 | mubí | Noun | ||
| 310 | mubiki | Noun | ||
| 311 | muboora | Noun | cooked pumpkin leaves (a dish similar to collard greens). | |
| 312 | mudzi | Noun | ||
| 313 | mudzimu | Noun | spirit elder of the family. | |
| 314 | mufundi | Noun | student, disciple, learner. | |
| 315 | mugodhi | Noun | ||
| 316 | muhacha | Noun | mobola plum (tree). | |
| 317 | muhori | Noun | Balearica regulorum, a bird of the crane (Gruidae) family. | |
| 318 | muhovha | Noun | ||
| 319 | mukadzi | Noun | ||
| 320 | mukaka | Noun | ||
| 321 | mukanwa | Noun | inside of the mouth. | |
| 322 | mukuyu | Noun | ||
| 323 | mumvuri | Noun | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. | |
| 324 | munda | Noun | ||
| 325 | mundimu | Noun | lemon tree. | |
| 326 | munhu | Noun | person, human. | |
| 327 | munondo | Noun | A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to c… | |
| 328 | munwe | Noun | Equivalent to 'finger': A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb. | |
| 329 | munyu | Noun | ||
| 330 | muoko | Noun | Manyika form of ruoko. | |
| 331 | muonde | Noun | ||
| 332 | mupunga | Noun | rice (grain and plant). | |
| 333 | murara | Noun | ||
| 334 | muravi | Noun | ||
| 335 | mureza | Noun | ||
| 336 | murimi | Noun | ||
| 337 | muromo | Noun | Equivalent to 'mouth': The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested. | |
| 338 | murota | Noun | ||
| 339 | muRozvi | Noun | ||
| 340 | murume | Noun | A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapien… | |
| 341 | muRungu | Noun | wealthy person. | |
| 342 | musasa | Noun | a temporary shelter made of branches. | |
| 343 | musoni | Noun | ||
| 344 | musoro | Noun | head (body part). | |
| 345 | mutauro | Noun | ||
| 346 | mutengi | Noun | Equivalent to 'Buyer': A person who makes one or more purchases. | |
| 347 | muti | Noun | Equivalent to 'tree': A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance f… | |
| 348 | mutobvu | Noun | lead (metal). | |
| 349 | mutsipa | Noun | The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. | |
| 350 | mutumba | Noun | a type of very large drum. | |
| 351 | muurayi | Noun | ||
| 352 | muvezi | Noun | A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structur… | |
| 353 | muvhimi | Noun | ||
| 354 | muviri | Noun | ||
| 355 | mvura | Noun | Equivalent to 'rain': Condensed water falling from a cloud. | |
| 356 | mvuu | Noun | hippopotamus. | |
| 357 | mwaka | Noun | ||
| 358 | mwana | Noun | ||
| 359 | mwedzi | Noun | Equivalent to 'moon': The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology… | |
| 360 | mwiwa | Noun | ||
| 361 | mwoto | Noun | ||
| 362 | mwoyo | Noun | ||
| 363 | n'anga | Noun | witch doctor, medicine man. | |
| 364 | n'ombe | Noun | Karanga and Manyika form of mombe. | |
| 365 | n'wa | Verb | Korekore form of -nwa. | |
| 366 | nachisi | Noun | tangerine, mandarin, naartjie. | |
| 367 | nanazi | Noun | pineapple. | |
| 368 | ndarama | Noun | precious metal, (especially) gold. | |
| 369 | ndebvu | Noun | ||
| 370 | ndege | Noun | A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings. | |
| 371 | ndi- | Phrase | 1st person singular subject concord, I. | |
| 372 | ndimu | Noun | ||
| 373 | ndoto | Noun | ||
| 374 | nezuro | Noun | The day immediately before today; one day ago. | |
| 375 | ngamera | Noun | Equivalent to 'Camel': A river in Cornwall, England, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Padstow. | |
| 376 | ngani | Adjective | how much, how many. | |
| 377 | ngano | Noun | folklore, fable, fantasy. | |
| 378 | ngarava | Noun | ||
| 379 | ngoma | Noun | A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamb… | |
| 380 | ngopero | Noun | ||
| 381 | ngururu | Noun | A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus). | |
| 382 | nguruve | Noun | ||
| 383 | nguva | Noun | ||
| 384 | ngwe | Noun | Karanga form of ingwe. | |
| 385 | ngwena | Noun | crocodile. | |
| 386 | nhambo | Noun | ||
| 387 | nhanga | Noun | ||
| 388 | nhasi | Adverb | On the current day or date. | |
| 389 | nhauro | Noun | story, news. | |
| 390 | nhondo | Noun | ||
| 391 | nhoro | Noun | Equivalent to 'kudu': A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphu… | |
| 392 | nhumbu | Noun | ||
| 393 | njanji | Noun | ||
| 394 | njuma | Noun | poll (hornless specimen of an animal that usually has horns). | |
| 395 | nomwe | Adjective | ||
| 396 | nondo | Noun | tsessebe (an antelope, Damaliscus lunatus). | |
| 397 | nyama | Noun | ||
| 398 | nyambo | Noun | ||
| 399 | nyanza | Noun | ocean, sea. | |
| 400 | nyarara | Verb | be quiet, be silent. | |
| 401 | nyati | Noun | buffalo (Old World savannah-dwelling bovid). | |
| 402 | nyaya | Noun | conversation. | |
| 403 | nyenga | Verb | gain favor with someone. | |
| 404 | nyoka | Noun | ||
| 405 | nyuchi | Noun | ||
| 406 | nyundo | Noun | Equivalent to 'hammer': someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. | |
| 407 | nzara | Noun | ||
| 408 | nzeve | Noun | ||
| 409 | nzira | Noun | ||
| 410 | nzizi | Noun | ||
| 411 | nzou | Noun | Equivalent to 'elephant': A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native… | |
| 412 | nzungu | Noun | groundnut / peanut. | |
| 413 | onde | Noun | ||
| 414 | oneka | Verb | to be seen, to be visible. | |
| 415 | onesa | Verb | causative of -ona (“to see”). | |
| 416 | pamhi | Noun, Adjective | ||
| 417 | pasi | Noun | on the ground. | |
| 418 | pauzuru | Adverb | above, high up. | |
| 419 | penzura | Noun | ||
| 420 | pepa | Noun | ||
| 421 | pfupi | Noun, Adjective | ||
| 422 | pfuti | Noun | A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gu… | |
| 423 | pichisi | Noun | ||
| 424 | pingi | Noun | A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers. | |
| 425 | piri | Adjective | ||
| 426 | popoma | Noun | ||
| 427 | poshi | Adjective | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number. | |
| 428 | pungwe | Noun | pungwe (all-night political vigil or rally). | |
| 429 | purazi | Noun | ||
| 430 | ranjisi | Adjective | ||
| 431 | rara | Verb | ||
| 432 | refu | Adjective | long, tall. | |
| 433 | remoni | Noun | ||
| 434 | rima | Verb | cultivate. | |
| 435 | rize | Noun | Equivalent to 'Scorpion': Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two… | |
| 436 | rokwe | Noun | ||
| 437 | roora | Noun | In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride. | |
| 438 | ropa | Noun | A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates… | |
| 439 | rori | Noun | A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapor… | |
| 440 | rota | Verb | ||
| 441 | roto | Noun | ||
| 442 | rufu | Noun | ||
| 443 | rugare | Noun | ||
| 444 | 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… | |
| 445 | rukuni | Noun | piece of firewood. | |
| 446 | runhare | Noun | ||
| 447 | ruoko | Noun | ||
| 448 | rurimi | Noun | ||
| 449 | rusere | Adjective | ||
| 450 | ruva | Noun | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals… | |
| 451 | ruwa | Noun | ||
| 452 | rwavhi | Noun | A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change colo… | |
| 453 | rwizi | Noun | ||
| 454 | sadza | Noun | A staple food in parts of Africa, a kind of porridge made from ground maize or sorghum flour. | |
| 455 | safiri | Noun | Azure, when blazoning by precious stones. | |
| 456 | sango | Noun | Any dense collection or amount. | |
| 457 | sauti | Noun | ||
| 458 | seka | Verb | laugh (at). | |
| 459 | sere | Adjective | ||
| 460 | shangwa | Noun | A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell. | |
| 461 | shanu | Adjective | ||
| 462 | shata | Adjective | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. | |
| 463 | shato | Noun | ||
| 464 | shava | Adjective | ||
| 465 | shindi | Noun | ||
| 466 | shiri | Noun | ||
| 467 | shizha | Noun | Anything resembling the leaf of a plant. | |
| 468 | shoko | Noun | ||
| 469 | shoma | Adjective | few, little (small in quantity). | |
| 470 | shuga | Noun | Equivalent to 'sugar': Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten… | |
| 471 | shumba | Noun | ||
| 472 | shwa | Noun | Karanga form of ishwa. | |
| 473 | simba | Noun, Verb | be powerful. | |
| 474 | simbi | Noun | iron (tool for ironing clothes). | |
| 475 | sipo | Noun | ||
| 476 | siraha | Noun | slaughterhouse, butcher's shop. | |
| 477 | sirivha | Noun | ||
| 478 | sondo | Noun | ||
| 479 | sora | Noun | A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America. | |
| 480 | svingo | Noun | A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stro… | |
| 481 | svondo | Noun | The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 st… | |
| 482 | svosve | Noun | ||
| 483 | tafura | Noun | ||
| 484 | tanhatu | Adjective | ||
| 485 | tatu | Adjective | ||
| 486 | taundi | Noun | ||
| 487 | teburu | Noun | ||
| 488 | tema | Adjective | ||
| 489 | tenesi | Noun | sneaker, tennis shoe. | |
| 490 | tenga | Noun | The currency of Bukhara before 1920, divided into 10 falus. | |
| 491 | tete | Adjective | ||
| 492 | tiivhii | Noun | An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound. | |
| 493 | toki | Noun | ||
| 494 | tsaru | Noun, Adjective | old (of things). | |
| 495 | tsere | Adjective | ||
| 496 | tsiye | Noun | One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids. | |
| 497 | tsoka | Noun | ||
| 498 | tsotsi | Noun | criminal, thug, gangster, hooligan, hoodlum. | |
| 499 | tsuro | Noun | ||
| 500 | tsva | Adjective | ||
| 501 | tsvo | Noun | An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine. | |
| 502 | tsvuku | Adjective | The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (b… | |
| 503 | twana | Noun | Equivalent to 'caracal': A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caraca… | |
| 504 | twiza | Noun | ||
| 505 | tyaira | Verb | drive (a vehicle). | |
| 506 | tyava | Noun | ||
| 507 | ukuru | Noun, Adjective | greatness. | |
| 508 | umba | Verb | to mould, shape (clay or a similar substance). | |
| 509 | unga | Noun | gunpowder. | |
| 510 | unhu | Noun | A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. | |
| 511 | uraya | Verb | ||
| 512 | usiku | Noun | nighttime. | |
| 513 | usopo | Noun | ||
| 514 | utsi | Noun | The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material. | |
| 515 | vakadzi | Noun | ||
| 516 | vana | Noun | ||
| 517 | vanhu | Noun | ||
| 518 | varimi | Noun | ||
| 519 | vavhimi | Noun | ||
| 520 | verenga | Verb | to compute. | |
| 521 | vhara | Verb | close, shut. | |
| 522 | vhiki | Noun | ||
| 523 | vhima | Verb | ||
| 524 | vhiniga | Noun | ||
| 525 | vhiri | Noun | ||
| 526 | vhunze | Noun | ||
| 527 | vira | Verb | ||
| 528 | viri | Adjective | ||
| 529 | vusiku | Noun | night (in two Shona languages, Karanga and Ndau language). | |
| 530 | wachi | Noun | A time clock. | |
| 531 | windo | Noun | ||
| 532 | yero | Adjective | ||
| 533 | zamu | Noun | breast (mammary organ). | |
| 534 | zana | Noun | ||
| 535 | zanda | Noun | ||
| 536 | zeng'e | Noun | ||
| 537 | zhara | Noun | Karanga form of nzara. | |
| 538 | zhinji | Noun, Adjective | much, many (large in quantity). | |
| 539 | zhizha | Noun | ||
| 540 | zhou | Noun | Karanga form of nzou. | |
| 541 | zingizi | Noun | A bee of the subfamily Xylocopinae, that burrows in dead wood. | |
| 542 | zino | Noun | ||
| 543 | ziso | Noun | Equivalent to 'eye': A large village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref… | |
| 544 | zita | Noun | ||
| 545 | ziva | Verb | to be acquainted with. | |
| 546 | zizi | Noun | Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal a… | |
| 547 | zuva | Noun | Equivalent to 'sun': The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented… | |
| 548 | zvanza | Noun | ||
| 549 | zvara | Verb | ||
| 550 | zvi- | Phrase | Class 8 noun prefix. | |
| 551 | zvidya | Noun | The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. | |
| 552 | zvimba | Verb | ||
| 553 | zvinhu | Noun | ||
| 554 | zviroto | Noun | fantasies. | |
| 555 | zvombo | Noun |