Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

bhara

father

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

danatsho

girl

dhumba

hut

dumba

drum

dzaa

friend

e-o-wa

in

ebe

he

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxe cwa

daughter

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ham

lion

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

kau

bag

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kumbu

grave

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nkabe

giraffe

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tswaa

elephant

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwika

yesterday

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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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