MHUKA NEVANA VADZO
Hwai - shere
Gava - hambwana
Inda - rakadzi
Kamba - shasha
Garwe - ganyamatope
Tsuro - nhowa
Shumba - handa
Rwaivhi - mandishaya
Hove - rereza
Katsi - chidharimbo
Shoko - maidei/shokorana
Mbira - chiduwa
Mbizi - dhumukwa
Njiri - chinjerete
Mvuu - handachibvuwa
Bimha - tsvana
Mbeva - manditeya
Nyuchi - zana
Datya - zunguzurwa/buruvuru
Nzou - mhuru
Huku - nhiyo
Gudo - rushiye
Munhu - rusvava.
* Mabori........Eye rheums.
Man'a.............feet chaps.
Mbova..............Saliva Drivel.
Mahobi..............Brows.
Gotsi.................Occiput.!
Mavende........ endentulism.
Animals and their young ones
Hen young one is chick
Duck young one is duckling
Cat young one is kitten
Dog young one is puppy
Frog young one is tadpole
Butterfly young one is caterpillar
Buffalo young one is calf
Spider young one is spiderling
Pig young one is piglet
Owl young one is owlet
Kangaroo young one is joey
Goat young one is kid
Rabbit young one is kit
Deer young one is fawn
Sheep young one is lamb
Cow young one is calf
Donkey young one is foal
Horse young one is colt
Elephant young one is calf
Lion young one is cub
Monkey young one is infant
Tiger young one is cub
Giraffe young one is calf
Fish young one is fry
Animal sounds
Antelopes – snort[1]
Badgers – growl[2]
Bats – screech[3]
Bears – roar, growl
Bees – buzz[4]
Big cats ( tigers, lions, jaguars
& leopards ) – roar ,[5]
growl,[6] snarl [7]
Bitterns – boom[8]
Cats – mew , meow, purr ,
hiss[9]
Chickens – cluck (female ; OP:
cha-caw, bah-gawk [10] ); crow
[11] ( male ; OP : cock-a-
doodle-doo )
Chimpanzees – scream
Chinchillas – squeak [12]
Cicadas – chirp [13]
Cattle/Cows – moo
Crickets – chirp
Crows – caw, cah [14]
Curlews – pipe [15]
Deer – bellow (buck) [9] bleat
(doe, fawn)
Dogs /wolves – bark , howl ,
growl, bay (OP : arf , bow-wow ,
ruff, woof , yap)
Dolphins – click[16]
Donkeys/asses – hee-haw [17]
also bray
Ducks – quack
Eagles – screech[18]
Elephants – trumpet
Elk – bugle (male ), [19] bleat
(calves )[20]
Ferrets – dook [21]
Frogs /toads – croak (OP :
ribbit)
Giraffes – bleat [22]
Geese – honk , hiss[9]
Grasshoppers – chirp [23]
Guinea pigs – squeak [24]
Hamsters – squeak [25]
Hermit crabs – chirp [26]
Horses – neigh , whinny , nicker
Hippopotamuses – growl[9]
Hyenas – laugh
Linnets – chuckle[27]
Magpies – chatter [28]
Mice/ rats – squeak
Monkeys – scream
Moose – bellow[29]
Mosquitos – buzz, whine[30]
[31]
Okapis – cough, bellow[32]
Oxen – moo[33]
Owls – hoot, hiss[9]
Parrots – squawk, talking
Peacocks – scream [34]
Pigs/hogs – grunt, oink, [9][35]
snort, [36] squeal
Pigeons – coo [9]
Prairie dogs – bark[37]
Rabbits/ Hares – squeak [38]
Raccoons – trill[39]
Ravens – caw[33]
Rhinoceroses – bellow [9]
Rooks – caw[33]
Seals – bark[40]
Sheep/ goats /lambs – bleat,
baa[9]
Snakes – hiss[9]
Songbirds – chirrup, chirp,
tweet, sing, warble ( larks /
warblers / wrens), [33][41]
twitter (sparrows ) [42]
Swans – cry, [33] hiss[9]
Tapirs – squeak [43]
Tarantulas – hiss[9]
Tokay geckos – croak [44]
Turkeys – gobble [9]
Vultures – scream[33]
Walruses – groan[9]
Whales – sing[9]
Tsumo idzi hamudzipedze
1. Abereka otochena moyo
2. Afamba apota
3. Afirwa haaringwi kumeso
4. Aguta haaoneki
5. Aita chake ndihombarume
6. Aiva madziva ave mazambuko
7. Akabata sando anongoona chese-chese sechipikiri
8. Akanga nyimo awangarara
9. Akoromoka awa
10. Akuti rima ati ugute
11. Akumhina afamba hazvienzani naTigere
12. Akuruma nzeve ndewako
13. Akwewa sanzu akwewa namashizha aro
14. Ane bedzi ndeane rake kudzana anopururudza
15. Ane ganda ane nyama hazvienzane nowakabata hohwa
16. Ane marengenya haacharike moto
17. Ane mhuri kwayo ndeane ndume ane mhurikadzi vaeni
18. Ane mombe yake anoziva makumire ayo
19. Anokutukira badza unokupa upfumi
20. Apunyaira haashayi misodzi
21. Ashamba haanokorerwi
22. Atandavara aguta, apfunya ndiye avata nayo
23. Ateya mariva murutsva haachatyi kusviba magaro
24. Atswinya arwa
25. Avengwa anhuhwa
26. Baba muredzi mwana kuchema anodaidza mai
27. Badza guru ipa murimi, kuripa simbe inovata naro
28. Basa mangwanani
29. Benzi bvunza rakanaka
30. Benzi raramba mbanda harirapiki
31. Benzi rikasaimba manjemanje richamhanya bani
32. Bere zvarakatya mapapata aro mangani
33. Bhuru rasarira shure rasarira shamhu
34. Chada mwoyo hachikoni, mwoyo chiremba
35. Chafamba chasvava
36. Chafamba kamwe hachiteivi
37. Chaikanya chototsa, chaitotsa chokanyawo
38. Chaitemura chava kuseva
39. Chakabaya chikachokera
40. Chakadya chakaoneka, mutanda wakasiya mbare
41. Chakaenzanwa ibvudzi upfumi hahuna kuenzanwa
42. Chakafukidza dzimba matenga
43. Chakanaka chakanaka mukaka haurungwi (munyu)
44. Chakatairi pasi ndechevanhu vose asi chiri mumuti ndechowagona kukwira
45. Chakatanga ndochakachenjedza
46. Chako ndechako kuseva unosiya muto
47. Chapadare chakakandwa parurimi rwavapfuuri, chomumba chiri mumhepo
48. Chapinda munzeve chavaridza bonde
