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-funa— want
-fuliza— blow
chedwa— slow
nkhasa— better
mbudu— mosquitoes
-senzeka— play
mata— saliva
-choka— leave
n'chelo— fruit
nyoka— snakes
amuna— men
-yikha— put
china pfungo— it smells
n'kuwasha— groom
ku, pa— at
thanga lakuthusila mazayi— egg laying shelter
-mazimbwa— you suspected
tapsva namphepo— we are burnt with air (the phrase a groom uses to ask for a bride to come with him)
muntambiliwa— You're Welcome
dzana— hundred
-kulungamisa— to make righteous
mafuta— grease (fat, organic substance)
nzukulu— grandchild
ntima— heart
mapapu— lungs
bwibvu— gums
-kupfelusa— to boil
-zimbwa— suspect
kulu— big
mupunga— rice
kugwela— swell
nyasa— deer
usiku— at night
-mpsoda— kiss
ninkuwona— I see you
-tabzina— we danced
mabote— boats
madzana mashanu— five hundred
khanda— skin
phwanya— break
adatuma— he/she sent
-chita— do
n'chenje— white ant (termite)
chunzu— hawk
-mbuluka— fly
muti wa usika— tamarind tree (<i>Tamarindus indica</i>)
-kufa— dead
ngozi— avenging spirit
nthata— flea
diso— eye
upsa— grass
-tulikila— translate
mwatumiwa— you have been sent (many)
-chela— dig
mphondolo— lion
-khala— sit
bzentsenebzi— all of these
wana wachilumbwana— sons
lukho— dishing spoon
-kuphika thapha— cooking tomato soup with peanut butter
amayi— maternal aunt
-kugasa— to light up
-kupukuta— wipe
-kusamba m'manja— wash hands
-bwela— come
musawu— musawu tree, Indian Jujube (<i>Ziziphus jujuba</i>)
-kudoda malutwe— salivate
nyanja— lake
wunjikani— gather
pamwepo— then
bisika— hidden
dipa— spear
-bvesesesa— understand
-thokoza— praise
ndebvu— beards
ng'ombo— puddle
-kwekweta— pull
mwala— Stone
-kuduwala— sick, to be
mwana — child
-kubala— give birth
asodzi— hunters
-tabwelezela— we repeated
-wumisani— dry (can you)
sabawu— soap
bade— bark (of tree)
mphandala— virgin
ndebvu— beard
thama— cheek
ntsikizi— bed bugs
-gona— sleep
chala— finger
michila— tails
-tayila— answer
adayima— he/she is standing
mangwana— tomorrow
nkhuni— (fire)wood
pantsi— ground
mwezi— moons
mchewu— fan palm
-kuphika muliwo waphunde— cooking phunde (wild morning glory)
ulupi— brain
thanga lakugonela nkhuku— chicken coop (lit. "shelter where chickens sleep")
-kumbuka— think
azipayi— fathers
tambila— receive
-wabzina— he/she danced
makhamu— combs
ntsiku— days
n'dziche— widow
-thandiza— help
sere— eight
-kuphika ntsomba zakupfelusa namunyemba (video part 2)— boiling fish with lentil leaves (video part 2)
-kunoza— sharpen
nthata— fleas
tali— long (not 'wide')
n'chenga— sand (opposite to following)
mabondo yansana— backbone
chisu— knife
nango— another
mwamuna— man (adult male human)
adzidzi— owls
-nyancha— swim
phanza— diarrhea
-kusambika— wash someone
ntswanda, chitundu— basket
mphamvu— strength
-nyamula— carry
bhuku— book
nyumba— house
michela— wells
mubo— hole
-wachosa— he/she removed
chisakila— nest
iwo— they
bondo— knee
wana acheche— babies
bzisakila— nests
-wunjika— gather
-kubva njala— hungry, be
-ndasenzeka— I played.
ntsomba— fish
tsapano— now
nyama— animal
litsito— fence
mapapilo— wings
-kufilitali thelele— preparing fried okra
mutsuko— clay pot (for water, beer or mahewu)
akulu— elderly
mabondo— bones

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