Nambya English

paternal grandmother

I will not give you the money

live

(Shona) mvere

wives

brothers

friends

farmers

have breakfast

(Shona) nyana

people

priests

wide

raw

verb see

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

north

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

return

(Shona) -nwa

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

stick

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

third

hut

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

chicken egg

adjective round

mud

noun mountain (not hill)

cock

ocean, sea

tortoise

tortoises

guinea fowls

noun seed

adjective cold (of weather)

ostriches

pipes

hippopotamus

you (pl)

gold

cows

cheetah

rhinoceros

flies

question what?

buffalo

snake

snakes

noun bird

birds

axe

python

pythons

ripe

name

if

hungry

verb sleep

verb say

long

noun hand

verb bite

garden

mice

valleys

years

cocks

flowers

wings

weeks

fishnets

nets

bridges

five hundred

name (family)

trees

never

enter

(Shona) -hombe

blue

lizard

verb give

laugh

(Shona) zai

eight

press

(Shona) dumbu

father

paternal uncle

possible

farmer

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Bengani Ncube

back

(Shona) jenaguru

girl

thorn

hunt

(Shona) tambo

Hello

moons

eleven

lice, body

puddle

in morning

close

(Shona) rini

ankles

(Shona) -papama