Shona — top 197 words

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#	Shona	English
1		hello (to one person)
2		hello (to several / polite)
3		good morning
4		good afternoon
5		good evening
6		how are you?
7		I'm fine
8		thank you
9		thank you (well done)
10		yes
11		no
12		please
13		excuse me / sorry
14		goodbye (said to one staying)
15		go well (goodbye)
16		person
17		people
18		woman / wife
19		man / husband
20		child
21		children
22		father
23		mother
24		friend
25		house
26		home / village
27		water / rain
28		thick maize porridge (staple)
29		food
30		meat
31		milk
32		money
33		work / job
34		school
35		book
36		car
37		car (colloquial)
38		day / sun
39		night
40		today
41		tomorrow
42		yesterday
43		to eat
44		to drink
45		to go
46		to come
47		to want / to love
48		to know
49		to speak
50		to hear / feel
51		to see
52		what?
53		who?
54		where?
55		when?
56		how / why?
57		good / it's good
58		bad
59		big
60		small
61		I want / I love
62		I understand / hear
63		I don't understand
64		it's raining
65		grandchild
66		eye
67		ear
68		mouth, beak
69		finger
70		blood
71		heart
72		egg
73		sugar
74		dog
75		cow (female cattle)
76		goat
77		horse
78		chicken
79		lion
80		leopard
81		elephant
82		frog
83		bee
84		owl
85		cloud
86		fire
87		mountain, hill
88		tree
89		flower
90		aeroplane, airplane, aircraft
91		drum (musical instrument)
92		hospital
93		time
94		red
95		white
96		language
97		peace
98		dream
99		boy
100		girl
101		student, learner
102		farmer
103		twin
104		one
105		two
106		three
107		four
108		five
109		six
110		seven
111		eight
112		nine
113		ten
114		hundred
115		thousand
116		body
117		head
118		nose
119		tooth
120		shoulder
121		arm
122		chest
123		breast
124		belly
125		bone
126		blood
127		bread
128		rice
129		cassava, manioc
130		pumpkin
131		tomato
132		sheep
133		pig
134		donkey
135		buffalo
136		hippopotamus
137		snake
138		moon
139		star
140		stone
141		forest
142		seed
143		path
144		window
145		table
146		spoon
147		box
148		shirt
149		dress
150		bus
151		boat
152		ship
153		town
154		shop
155		church
156		farm
157		week
158		season
159		Monday
160		Tuesday
161		Wednesday
162		Thursday
163		Friday
164		Saturday
165		black
166		brown
167		big, large
168		long, tall
169		short
170		new
171		old (of things)
172		few, little
173		many, much
174		thick
175		thin
176		fat, oil, grease
177		sleep
178		to sit, to stay
179		to walk
180		to call
181		to learn
182		to count, to read
183		to give
184		to pay
185		to laugh
186		to close, to shut
187		to cook
188		to hold, to grasp
189		to pull
190		to kill
191		to boil
192		to steal
193		to fight
194		story
195		thing
196		peace, well-being
197		war