Nambya English

I did not give you the money

You did not see me

babies

count

(Shona) zhinji

priests

boys

ask

boiled

at night

noun white (colour)

need

(Shona) nzeve

crow

hide

(Shona) shizha

nest

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

left

fist

(Shona) -zara

breathe

(Shona) ino

short

banana

cockroach

true (not false)

noun mountain (not hill)

magic

noun bone

lake

cock

owl

jackals

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

rainbow

right

impala

dogs

elands

animals

you (pl)

malaria

drum

cows

vagina

vaginas

giraffe

turtle

warthog

tusk

mosquito

mosquitoes

kudu

ghost

axe

ground

noun rain

chicken

fast

fry

(Shona) mwana

pregnant

hungry

huge

run

(Shona) -ruma

verb lie (on side, recline)

speak

(Shona) -uraya

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

noun hand

verb bite

branch

river

hands

(Shona) -ipa

stones

ponds

Tomorrow I will not see you

narrow

wings

maternal uncles

frogs

eyes

(Shona) -dema

thorns

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

pronoun all (of a number)

verb give

flat

be blind

laugh

(Shona) zai

answer

dirty

arrive

broom

You see me

noun person (individual human)

noun man (adult male human)

old person

elder brother

bowstrings

puddles

perspire

(Shona) nzara

yesterday

born, be

(Shona) ti

adjective long (not ’wide’)