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ana-ha
verb know (facts)
bookmarkcam cware-ra
twins
bookmarkcau
buffalo
bookmarkchuru
adjective cold (of weather)
bookmarkcwarera
children
bookmarkcwi
alone
bookmarkDa-o
verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)
bookmarkdamu
tortoise
bookmarkdao-hho
bulls
bookmarkdebee
salt
bookmarkdhumba
hut
bookmarkdoxo
stick
bookmarkdumba xani
roof
bookmarkdzin-ra
days
bookmarkdzira xao-a
wing
bookmarkebe
he
bookmarkgcaa
noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)
bookmarkgcau
hyena
bookmarkgcubaa
spider
bookmarkgxam
thorn
bookmarkgxe-tsho
wife
bookmarkhae
at night
bookmarkhamu
dust
bookmarkhinuka
at
bookmarkhuku
chicken
bookmarkhumu
noun sand (opposite to following)
bookmarkiyee
hole
bookmarkjibe
axe
bookmarkjinaa
well
bookmarkjumba/dumba
house
bookmarkK-a-u
husband
bookmarkkaro cwa
son
bookmarkkau huku
cock
bookmarkkhuri
pig
bookmarkkohora
animal
bookmarkkoroo
cave
bookmarkkue
leopard
bookmarkkui
verb say
bookmarkkum-kau
ghost
bookmarkkumbu
grave
bookmarkmalempe
bat
bookmarkmamara
maternal grandmother
bookmarkncaa
adjective new
bookmarkncuun
noun hair (on head of humans)
bookmarkndayi
how
bookmarkne gxe tshwa
noun woman
bookmarkpanana
banana
bookmarkshoko
monkey
bookmarktaka
noun blood
bookmarktebee
lightning
bookmarktikwa boka
Thank You
bookmarktiKwinkee
elder sister
bookmarktsawaha
fat
bookmarktshu-cwan
baby
bookmarktshwa
noun person (individual human)
bookmarktshwan ira
all
bookmarktsiku
if
bookmarkturuu
rat
bookmarktwinye
adjective good
bookmarkuwika
yesterday
bookmarkxhanara
valleys
bookmarkxharare
adjective many
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