| chiShona | English | français |
| ganda | skin | la peau |
| vhudzi | hair | les cheveux, les poils |
| dehenya | skull | le crâne |
| uropi | brain | le cerveau, (la cervelle) |
| musoro / misoro | head | la tête |
| huma | forehead | le front |
| uso, (chiso) | face | le visage |
| ziso / maziso | eye(s) | l'œil / les yeux |
| ona | to see | voir |
| nzeve | ear(s) | oreille(s) |
| chaoo | temple | la tempe |
| mhuno | nose | le nez |
| jichi | mustache | la moustache |
| ndebvu | beard | la barbe |
| dama | cheek | la joue |
| romo / maromo | lip(s) | lèvre(s) |
| muromo / miromo | mouth | la bouche |
| rurimi | tongue | la langue |
| zino / mazino | tooth / teeth | dent(s) |
| dadza / matadza | gingiva, gums | gencive(s) |
| chirebvu | chin | le menton |
| huro | neck | le cou |
| mutsipa | throat | la gorge |
| chipfuva | chest | la poitrine |
| zamu, (zamhu) | breast | le sein |
| munyatso | nipple | le mamelon |
| moyo, (mwoyo) | heart | le cœur |
| rutsinga | artery | l'artère |
| tsinga | vein | la veine |
| ropa | blood | le sang |
| bapu / mapapu | lung(s) | poumon(s) |
| guvhu | navel | le nombril |
| chitumbu | belly | le ventre, (l'abdomen) |
| dumbu | stomach | l'estomac |
| matumbu | intestines | les intestins |
| chitaka | liver | le foie |
| nhuru, pozvora | gall | la bile |
| itsvo | kidney(s) | rein(s) |
| dundira | bladder | la vessie |
| mutundo | l'urine | |
| nevhu | nerve | le nerf |
| tsandanyama | le muscle | |
| munganjo | marrow | la moelle |
| bvupa / mapfupa | bone(s) | l'os / les os |
| musana, (muzongoza) | back, backbone | le dos |
| bendekete / mapendekete | shoulder(s) | épaule(s) |
| ruoko / maoko, nheya | arm(s) | le/les bras |
| hapwa | armpit, (axilla) | les aisselles |
| gokora | elbow | le coude |
| chiningoningo | wrist | le poignet |
| chibhakera | fist | le poing |
| tambidza / otambidza, chanza / zvanza |
hand(s) | main(s) |
| rupi | palm of the hand | la paume de la main |
| chara | thumb | le pouce |
| chigunwe / zvigunwe | finger(s) | doigt(s) |
| nzara, (nzwara) | fingernail, nail | l'ongle |
| bonde, (zvombo) | sex, genitals | le sexe |
| mboro | penis | le pénis, (la verge) |
| beche | vagina | le vagin |
| gongo | le clitoris | |
| mukosho | l'anus | |
| garo | buttock | la fesse |
| chidya | thigh | la cuisse |
| gumbo / makumbo | leg(s) | jambe(s) |
| ibvi / mabvi | knee(s) | genou(x) |
| unyakainga | kneecap, (patella) | la rotule |
| tsapfu | calf | le mollet |
| ziso regumbo, (chidodoma) |
ankle | la cheville |
| chitsitsinho | heel | le talon |
| tsoka | foot / feet | pied(s) |
| gunwe / minwe | toe(s) | orteil(s) |
| chiShona | English | français |
| chirwere | disease | la maladie |
| chirwere cheshuga | diabetes | le diabète |
| kurwara | to be ill,sick | être malade |
| amburenzi, (dutavarwere) | l'ambulance | |
| chipatara | hospital | l'hôpital |
| kiriniki | clinic | la clinique |
| chiremba, dhokota | physician, doctor | le médecin, le "docteur" |
| chiremba wevana | pediatrician | le pédiatre |
| chiremba wemazino, (mukotizino) |
dentist | le dentiste |
| mukoti, nesi | nurse | l'infirmière |
| mushonga / mishonga | medication | médicament(s) |
| kondomu | condom | le préservatif, la "capote" [pop.] |
| mukondombera, EDZI | AIDS | le SIDA |
| hutachiwana | le virus | |
| -penga | mad, crazy | fou |
| -pofomara | blind | aveugle |
| -matsi | deaf | sourd |
| -chimumumu | dumb, mute | muet |