Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bushanu

five

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cau

buffalo

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

cwarera

children

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

danatsho

girl

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

doxo

stick

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzin-ra

days

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzira xao-a

wing

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gxam

thorn

gxe cwa

daughter

gxe-tsho

wife

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kum-kau

ghost

kumbu

grave

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

ncaa

adjective new

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhao

spear

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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