Nambya English

I will not give you the money

babies

elder sisters

sons-in-law

have children

(Shona) imbwa

kick

(Shona) nyama

wide

hold

(Shona) gwati

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

north

second

leech

nest

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

yes

lake

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

guinea fowl

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

rope

noun horn (of bull etc.)

malaria

story

rhinoceros

fly

question what?

why

turtle

warthog

tusks

mosquitoes

forest

wool

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

elephant

some

verb fat

far

push

(Shona) mutsipa

run

(Shona) -ruma

long

high

pay

(Shona) rurimi

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

dream

(Shona) tatu

arm

(Shona) -erera

hard

garden

fight

(Shona) -diki

verb stand

bananas

boats

monkeys

lakes

narrow

watefalls

waterfall

ghosts

axes

mountains

nets

raise

(Shona) zamu

salt

child

how many

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

many

blue

verb give

happy

six

make

(Shona) musoro

paternal grandfather

young

fleas

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

cook

(Shona) kwete

bow

fruit

nurse

(Shona) ziso

dawn

friend

arrow

village

noun tree (not log)

urine

grandchild

verb hear

lice, body

shamans

recognize

(Shona) moyo

there

verb come

yesterday

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

ankles

(Shona) -papama

how much

little

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword

hearths, cooking pits/fires