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Amai

/a-ma-i/

Mother

family

Baba

/ba-ba/

Baba vangu vari mudzidzisi

Father

My father is a teacher

family

Bota

/bo-ta/

Thin porridge

food

Chikoro

/chi-ko-ro/

School

nouns

Dovi

/do-vi/

Peanut butter relish

food

Dumbu

/dum-bu/

Stomach

body

Dya

/dya/

Dya sadza

Eat

Eat sadza

verbs

Enda

/en-da/

Go

verbs

Fambai zvakanaka

/fam-ba-i zva-ka-na-ka/

Go well / Goodbye (to departing person)

greetings

Gumbo

/gum-bo/

Foot / Leg

body

Gumi

/gu-mi/

Ten

numbers

Hama

/ha-ma/

Relative / Family member

family

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