Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

buna

four

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cau

buffalo

cun

name

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwi

alone

Da-o

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

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

danatsho

girl

dao-hho

bulls

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dzaa

friend

dzira xao-a

wing

ebe

he

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudo

baboon

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxam

thorn

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

ham

lion

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jinaa

well

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kum-kau

ghost

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ndayi

how

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

Tsha

men

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

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

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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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