Nambya English

I did not give you the money

question who?

adverb not

friends

sons-in-law

husbands

bald

younger sisters

wide

You’re Welcome

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

ant

noun night

south

noun white (colour)

noun liver

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

shell

they

hive

goose

magic

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

guinea fowls

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

noun fish

comb

noun ash(es)

right

thief

dogs

pronoun 1.sg I

verb pipe

louse, head

leopard

why

turtle

verb, transitive farm

strong

noun water

noun sun

if

flea

frightened

pregnant

rotten

at

sing

(Shona) -funga

verb say

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

forearm

(Shona) -chembera, -tsaru

noun tongue (anatomical)

finger

(Shona) zuva

garden

verb gardens

sick

deaf

ducks

cocks

graves

fifty

owls

no

paternal uncles

fishnets

seven hundred

days

raise

(Shona) zamu

villages

waists

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

other

noun heart

blue

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

all

blow

(Shona) a

five

receive

(Shona) chifuva

possible

send

(Shona) -fema

bow

noun neck (not nape)

brother-in-law

You see me

bride

nurse

(Shona) ziso

wife

noun earth (soil)

noun head (anatomic)

younger brother

ants

lice, body

lice, head

puddle

yesterday

Yesterday I didn’t see you

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

huts