Nambya English

and

enemy

verb kind

priests

hunters

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

beard

(Shona) kunaya

beards

(Shona) rwizi

noun night

east

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

return

(Shona) -nwa

noun white (colour)

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

eagle

shell

noun egg

play

(Shona) tsoka

red ant

pond

cock

feet

(Shona) husiku

owl

crab

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

worm

rope

dream

zebra

zebras

noun dog

virgin

elands

ostrich

vein

story

drum

cheetahs

rhinoceros

why

turtles

buffalo

snake

lions

ripe

week

net

wool

noun breasts (female)

noun eye

day

adjective dry (substance)

far

give greetings

(Shona) amai

at

river

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

twenty

sharpening tools

Tomorrow I will see you

snore

(Shona) -fa

holes

hawks

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

weeks

every day

trees

(fire)wood

noun fire

awake

go

(Shona) baba

I gave you the money

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

wet

verb give

flat

laugh

(Shona) zai

choose

(Shona) kupi

chief

three

young

cook

(Shona) kwete

hunter

bride

husband

elder sister

brother

elder brother

break

(Shona) imi

eleven

fifteen

fourteen

shaman

there

born, be

(Shona) ti

knives

dead body

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword