Nambya English

mother

friends

sisters-in-law

farmers

daughters

men

kick

(Shona) nyama

put

(Shona) huro

beard

(Shona) kunaya

noun night

brain

(Shona) nyanza

south

noun white (colour)

spider

give birth

(Shona) murume

fourth

mice

mouse

hive

sky

red ants

noun skin (person’s)

pond

jackals

guinea fowl

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

worm

fences

zebra

ostriches

verb pipe

gold

languages

house

rhinoceroses

vagina

giraffe

turtles

birds

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

kudus

week

hundred

if

watch

(Shona) -sona

pronoun that

verb walk

sing

(Shona) -funga

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

arm

(Shona) -erera

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

stories

fear

(Shona) -kora

song

twins

vomit

butterflies

paternal grandmothers

day after tomorrow

snore

(Shona) -fa

eagles

ghosts

verb, transitive embers

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

maternal grandfathers

fathers-in-law

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

days

eyes

(Shona) -dema

arrows

(fire)wood

salt

noun heart

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

I see you

how many

flat

noun burn

maternal uncle

dirty

press

(Shona) dumbu

sell

(Shona) -furidza

possible

escape

(Shona) -reba

cook

(Shona) kwete

sister-in-law

noun mouth

daughter-in-law

elderly

arrow

waist

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

verb hear

fourteen

lice, head

puddle

puddles

there

Yesterday I saw you

sticks