Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhara

father

buna

four

bushanu

five

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

danatsho

girl

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dumba

drum

dzaa

friend

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ebe

he

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcubaa

spider

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudora

baboons

gxam

thorn

gxe-tsho

wife

hae

at night

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe dzini

verb today

huku

chicken

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kum-kau

ghost

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mamara

maternal grandmother

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nkabe

giraffe

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

pimboro

mosquito

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsawaha

fat

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwika

yesterday

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xuu

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xwee

verb lie (on side, recline)

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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