Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhara

father

buna

four

bushanu

five

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

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

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ebe

he

gcau

hyena

gcubaa

spider

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gxam

thorn

gxe cwa

daughter

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

ham

lion

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

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

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xhoree

noun claw

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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