Nambya English

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

I did not give you the money

babies

daughters-in-law

husbands

have children

(Shona) imbwa

old people

men

bad

feathers

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

noun white (colour)

noun nose

how

thousand

nest

hearth, cooking pit/fire

verb swim

short

mice

rat

duck

excrement

(Shona) gomo

grave

ten

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

bags

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

noun seed

seeds

impala

eland

ostriches

veins

leopard

orphan

well

vagina

hat

noun flesh (meat)

buffaloes

noun ear

forest

pythons

fishnet

fast

verb fat

old

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

verb sleep

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

verb eat

verb stand

horns

boats

monkeys

graves

shells

farms

maternal grandfathers

weeks

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

noun fire

verb drink

month

noun tail

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

with

go

(Shona) baba

leave

(Shona) nyanga

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

blue

because

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

noun burn

cloudy

dirty

paternal aunt

dark

insects

frighten

(Shona) munhu

cook

(Shona) kwete

broom

daughter-in-law

singer

younger brother

bleed

(Shona) iwe

obey

(Shona) mhuno

bowstring

shaman

puddles

pronoun this

verb come

in morning

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

verb know (facts)

ant hills

close

(Shona) rini

cages