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

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhara

father

bushanu

five

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzin-ra

days

e-o-wa

in

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gee

cow

gxam

thorn

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe dzini

verb today

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

K-a-u

husband

ka-u

noun bull

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kumbu

grave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

nawoka

because

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

xhao

spear

xhoree

noun claw

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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