Nambya English

and

I don’t know

friends

count

(Shona) zhinji

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

lizards

kick

(Shona) nyama

feathers

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

ant

adjective good

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

boat

brain

(Shona) nyanza

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

leech

hut

left

spit

(Shona) -rwa

nine

duck

lake

crabs

worms

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

dust

thieves

virgin

pipes

malaria

pig

noun bull

noun flesh (meat)

tusks

stars

snakes

verb, transitive farm

lions

fishnet

pronoun 2.sg You

he

male

in

far

verb walk

heavy

help

(Shona) muchero

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

correct

branch

fear

(Shona) -kora

fight

(Shona) -diki

feed

(Shona) -rema

twins

arms

(Shona) zuva

ponds

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

cocks

fifty

no

Tomorrow I will see you

day after tomorrow

waterfall

ghosts

roofs

nets

bridges

five hundred

noun yellow (colour)

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

waists

four

go

(Shona) baba

how many

adjective many

noun hot (of weather)

laugh

(Shona) zai

father

three

buy

(Shona) apo

insects

noun boy

You see me

arrow

noun earth (soil)

back

(Shona) jenaguru

girl

priest

bleed

(Shona) iwe

verb hear

ants

eleven

puddle

Yesterday I didn’t see you

yesterday you did not see me

close

(Shona) rini

spiders

crows

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword