Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhara

father

bushanu

five

cam cware

twin

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

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

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

danatsho

girl

dhumba

hut

dumba

drum

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

gudo

baboon

gwi

rope

gxam

thorn

gxe cwa

daughter

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

ham

lion

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

huku

chicken

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kumbu

grave

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

mara

mother

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsiku

if

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

uwika

yesterday

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

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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