Nambya English

maternal grandmother

I don’t know

elder sisters

sons-in-law

sons

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

old people

men

girls

cooked

both

beards

(Shona) rwizi

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

noun nose

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

weak

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

eagle

cheek

(Shona) huruva

spear

noun bone

cough

(Shona) mhepo

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

noun fish

thief

seeds

ostriches

pronoun 1.sg I

widow

louse, head

well

warthogs

tusk

tusks

buffalo

snake

mosquito

ghost

python

pythons

week

ground

fishnet

net

noun rain

pronoun 2.sg You

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

high

forearm

(Shona) -chembera, -tsaru

correct

freeze

(Shona) murume

twins

chicken eggs

stones

deaf

ducks

vomit

spears

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

eighty

narrow

caves

eagles

waterfall

farms

roofs

bridges

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

tails

ladders

awake

noun tail

lizard

verb give

laugh

(Shona) zai

answer

cloudy

do

(Shona) piri

paternal aunt

maternal grandfather

chickens

young

insects

wind

noun neck (not nape)

noun mouth

daughter-in-law

elderly

friend

find

(Shona) -pfupi

verb hear

shamans

twelve

there

Yesterday I saw you

little

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword

hearths, cooking pits/fires