Nambya English

I don’t see you

children

have cold

(Shona) inda

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

beautiful

verb see

feathers

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

adjective good

brain

(Shona) nyanza

noun liver

hail

ant hill

weak

verb swim

yes

mice

roof

sky

noun mountain (not hill)

noun bone

red ant

red ants

butterfly

sharpening tool

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

worms

rope

zebras

noun dog

you (pl)

louse, head

house

cheetahs

well

wells

meat

stars

kudu

python

baboon

pronoun inclusive we

hundred

heavy

cry

(Shona) amwe

hit

(Shona) mudzi

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

forearm

(Shona) -chembera, -tsaru

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

sick

song

chicken eggs

ducks

fists

(Shona) -itsva

maternal aunts

maternal grandmothers

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

shells

farms

maternal grandfathers

fathers-in-law

five hundred

days

month

four

Excuse Me

because

chew

(Shona) chii

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

burn

(Shona) iyo

maternal uncle

eight

few

dirty

do

(Shona) piri

make

(Shona) musoro

bow

wind

fruit

brother-in-law

farmer

husband

noun woman

sister

arrow

village

noun foot (not leg)

younger brother

bleed

(Shona) iwe

break

(Shona) va

verb hear

puddle

puddles

yesterday you did not see me

day before yesterday

sweet

born, be

(Shona) ti

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword

hearths, cooking pits/fires