Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

danatsho

girl

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gwi

rope

gxe cwa

daughter

gxe-tsho

wife

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe

day

huku

chicken

jibe

axe

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

K-a-u

husband

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kum-kau

ghost

kumbu

grave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

pimboro

mosquito

shoko

monkey

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

twinye

adjective good

uwika

yesterday

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xuu

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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Dictionary produced by Davy Ndlovu, Admire Phiri, Ngcoli Sibanda, Dr. Jeffrey Wills, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2014).
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how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S., Davy Ndlovu, Admire Phiri, Ngcoli Sibanda, Jeffrey Wills and K. David Harrison. 2014. Tjwao Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/tjwao

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