Nambya English

I don’t know

live

(Shona) mvere

enemy

sisters

count

(Shona) zhinji

husbands

lizards

ask

numeral two

brains

(Shona) munyu

spider

need

(Shona) nzeve

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

noun liver

fourth

basket

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

left

hearth, cooking pit/fire

spit

(Shona) -rwa

true (not false)

play

(Shona) tsoka

rock

noun bone

red ants

grave

guinea fowl

worms

noun horn (of bull etc.)

winter

malaria

branches

hat

giraffe

turtles

noun flesh (meat)

stars

python

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

pronoun 2.sg You

noun leaf (botanics)

noun eye

day

adjective name

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

chicken

fat

verb fat

adjective dry (substance)

in

rotten

at

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

dream

(Shona) tatu

straight

finger

(Shona) zuva

garden

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

sick

verb stand

stones

fists

(Shona) -itsva

valleys

ninety

owls

hawks

chiefs

fathers

noun yellow (colour)

noun moon

numeral one

noun heart

leave

(Shona) nyanga

bat

many

all

where

noun burn

cloudy

father

paternal aunt

dark

send

(Shona) -fema

fleas

white ant (termite)

noun woman

noun man (adult male human)

dawn

trail

waist

girl

bleed

(Shona) iwe

broken, be

lice, head

here

verb come

float

(Shona) -onda

verb know (facts)

chins

(Shona) denga

hearths, cooking pits/fires