Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhara

father

buna

four

bushanu

five

cam cware

twin

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwi

alone

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dao-hho

bulls

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

ebe

he

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcubaa

spider

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxe cwa

daughter

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe

day

hitshe dzini

verb today

huku

chicken

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jinaa

well

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

K-a-u

husband

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mamara

maternal grandmother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

pimboro

mosquito

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsawaha

fat

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

tsiku

if

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhao

spear

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

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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