Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

bhara

father

buna

four

cam cware-ra

twins

cao-ha

fly

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cii

song

cun

name

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwi

alone

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

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

debee

salt

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzira xao-a

wing

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

hae

at night

ham

lion

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba-imjwe

and

hitshe

day

hitshe dzini

verb today

iyee

hole

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kum-kau

ghost

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tunye

adjective round

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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

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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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