Nambya English

mother

maternal aunt

I will not give you the money

adverb not

wives

count

(Shona) zhinji

have cold

(Shona) inda

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

kick

(Shona) nyama

cooked

grass

noun night

hidden

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

return

(Shona) -nwa

leech

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

thousand

left

noun bark (of tree)

rock

cock

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

dust

rainbow

noun ash(es)

dream

right

noun dog

virgins

adjective cold (of weather)

winter

noun louse

pigs

giraffes

meat

noun bird

pythons

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

lion

noun breasts (female)

noun eye

day

some

fry

(Shona) mwana

male

far

adjective big

smooth

high

fence

lightning

sick

bananas

monkeys

geese

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

lakes

ponds

mothers-in-law

hyenas

shells

maternal uncles

chiefs

days

bows

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

bellies

(Shona) dziva

noun fire

because

tired

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

all

pronoun all (of a number)

burn

(Shona) iyo

burned

remain

(Shona) chitaka

maternal uncle

few

dirty

first

cut

(Shona) shoma

escape

(Shona) -reba

frighten

(Shona) munhu

broom

brother-in-law

singer

ladder

thorn

fish(es)

bury

(Shona) pano

break

(Shona) imi

fourteen

puddle

female

here

yesterday

verb know (facts)

every

how much