Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhara

father

cam cware-ra

twins

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

danatsho

girl

dhumba

hut

dumba

drum

dzaa

friend

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

ebe

he

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxam

thorn

gxe cwa

daughter

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

ham

lion

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

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

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kum-kau

ghost

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsawaha

fat

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tsiku

if

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhao

spear

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

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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