Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

bhara

father

bushanu

five

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cau

buffalo

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cii

song

cun

name

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

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

danatsho

girl

dao-hho

bulls

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ebe

he

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

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

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe dzini

verb today

huku

chicken

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

kohora

animal

kum-kau

ghost

kwee

river

mara

mother

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsawaha

fat

Tsha

men

tshatsho

elder brother

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwan ira

all

tsiku

if

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

uwika

yesterday

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

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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