Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

bhara

father

buna

four

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cau

buffalo

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

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

damu

tortoise

dao-hho

bulls

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzira xao-a

wing

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gxe cwa

daughter

gxobo

mud

hae

at night

ham

lion

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

hitshe dzini

verb today

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kue

leopard

kum-kau

ghost

kumbu

grave

kwe-e

lake

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ndayi

how

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

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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