Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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ayera

village

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

bhara

father

buna

four

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dao-hho

bulls

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ebe

he

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gxam

thorn

gxe cwa

daughter

hae

at night

ham

lion

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe dzini

verb today

huku

chicken

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

jumba/dumba

house

K-a-u

husband

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

kohora

animal

kue

leopard

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

malempe

bat

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwika

yesterday

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

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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