Nambya English

maternal grandmother

mother-in-law

sons-in-law

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

priests

boiled

bad

raw

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

need

(Shona) nzeve

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

fourth

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

banana

cave

hyena

chicken egg

noun mountain (not hill)

noun skin (person’s)

noun fish

bags

dust

flower

money

noun seed

seeds

noun dog

fan

hippopotamus

gold

drum

cows

leopards

crocodile

branches

giraffes

question what?

warthogs

bee

verb, transitive farm

fishnet

noun water

word

summer

dried

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

rotten

watch

(Shona) -sona

at

scared

verb walk

sing

(Shona) -funga

run

(Shona) -ruma

when

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

correct

fight

(Shona) -diki

feed

(Shona) -rema

years

maternal grandmothers

day after tomorrow

claws

baboons

verb, transitive embers

fathers-in-law

weeks

bridges

thorns

waists

(fire)wood

salt

now

smell

(Shona) -tya

chew

(Shona) chii

where

blunt (knife)

noun burn

answer

seven

free

cloudy

father

paternal grandfather

possible

fleas

noun air

noun man (adult male human)

old person

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Bengani Ncube

elder sister

verb hear

eleven

there

adjective full

Yesterday I saw you

impossible

born, be

(Shona) ti

knives

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

how much