Nambya English

and

maternal aunt

live

(Shona) mvere

daughters

people

hunters

catch

(Shona) ani

You’re Welcome

numeral two

bad

verb kill

at night

noun night

noun white (colour)

need

(Shona) nzeve

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

nest

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

short

banana

cave

blind

hive

duck

rock

magic

grave

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

crab

dust

noun ash(es)

thieves

verb, intransitive fans

virgins

cheetahs

meat

stars

birds

pythons

ground

fishnet

bridge

wool

noun eye

day

name

frightened

verb fat

adjective dry (substance)

push

(Shona) mutsipa

pronoun that

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

hives

ducks

fists

(Shona) -itsva

spears

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

twenty

eighty

no

narrow

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

farms

fathers

maternal grandfathers

waists

names (family)

(fire)wood

another

month

noun moon

noun heart

four

go

(Shona) baba

leave

(Shona) nyanga

bat

I will give you the money

smell

(Shona) -tya

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

wet

heat

(Shona) rutanda

eight

few

paternal uncle

send

(Shona) -fema

noun boy

wind

noun man (adult male human)

sister

poor

grandchild

lice, head

female

there

adjective full

yesterday you did not see me

close

(Shona) rini

cages