Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

buna

four

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

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

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dzin-ra

days

dzini kwa tswa

east

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ebe

he

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxe-tsho

wife

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

hitshe dzini

verb today

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

K-a-u

husband

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

kau

bag

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kumbu

grave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

malempe

bat

mara

mother

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

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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