Nambya English

mother

maternal aunt

babies

daughters-in-law

brothers-in-law

children

daughters

lizards

hunters

thick

ask

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

noun night

dig

(Shona) motsi

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

nest

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

hawk

roof

red ant

lake

cock

seeds

adjective cold (of weather)

leopards

cheetahs

rhinoceroses

wells

giraffes

birds

mosquitoes

pythons

week

bridge

noun leaf (botanics)

noun eye

day

name

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

fingernail

(Shona) gore

insect

fat

verb fat

pregnant

grind

(Shona) hove

verb lie (on side, recline)

speak

(Shona) -uraya

heavy

cry

(Shona) amwe

noun tongue (anatomical)

verb bite

fear

(Shona) -kora

sick

rats

arms

(Shona) zuva

chicken eggs

deaf

geese

female

maternal aunts

wings

farms

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

fathers

(fire)wood

child

son

other

full moon

months

go

(Shona) baba

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

because

all

which

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

where

happy

six

chief

maternal grandfather

father-in-law

frighten

(Shona) munhu

bow

groom

dawn

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Bengani Ncube

wife

brother

arrow

grandchild

fall

(Shona) -fara

lice, head

recognize

(Shona) moyo

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

knives

sticks

how much

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword