Nambya English

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

I did not give you the money

I don’t know

question who?

sisters

children

people

catch

(Shona) ani

grass

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

adjective good

hidden

south

have diarrhea

(Shona) nyoka

knife

crow

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

hut

left

weak

shell

duck

play

(Shona) tsoka

rock

mud

noun bone

valley

grave

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

verb, intransitive drums

pigs

leopard

crocodile

flies

fly

tusks

buffaloes

stars

snake

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

ghost

forest

lion

fishnet

noun rain

summer

flea

verb fat

drunk, be

(Shona) china

verb lie (on side, recline)

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

correct

branch

hands

(Shona) -ipa

stones

lakes

ponds

graves

thirty

holes

hyenas

watefalls

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

trails

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

bellies

(Shona) dziva

another

daughter

month

verb today

bat

I will give you the money

now

enter

(Shona) -hombe

pronoun all (of a number)

verb die

heat

(Shona) rutanda

be blind

seven

cloudy

dirty

press

(Shona) dumbu

Thank You

receive

(Shona) chifuva

fleas

enemies

noun boy

noun neck (not nape)

wife

elder sister

brother

son-in-law

girl

Hello

shamans

close

(Shona) rini

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

how much

hearths, cooking pits/fires