Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

buna

four

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cau

buffalo

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwi

alone

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

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

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

danatsho

girl

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gxe-tsho

wife

ham

lion

hiba

with

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jumba/dumba

house

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

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kue

leopard

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kum-kau

ghost

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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

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All content copyright © Tjwao community. (2014)
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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