Nambya English

live

(Shona) mvere

wives

singers

brothers-in-law

sisters-in-law

have children

(Shona) imbwa

have breakfast

(Shona) nyana

grandchildren

You’re Welcome

bark

noun feather (large, not down)

noun night

have diarrhea

(Shona) nyoka

second

need

(Shona) nzeve

crow

noun knee

cage

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

verb dead

rat

buck

noun skin (person’s)

year

butterfly

cock

ten

crab

crabs

guinea fowl

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

worms

dust

fences

rainbow

comb

rope

impalas

hippopotamus

you (pl)

vein

crocodile

vagina

flies

question what?

warthog

tusks

noun bird

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

noun leaf (botanics)

noun sun

songs

if

verb lie (on side, recline)

long

forearm

(Shona) -chembera, -tsaru

sick

river

monkeys

ponds

ninety

narrow

holes

hyenas

watefalls

farms

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

every day

child

month

full moon

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

never

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

adjective small

many

blue

flat

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

laugh

(Shona) zai

happy

eight

Thank You

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

maternal grandfather

buy

(Shona) apo

noun boy

broom

baby

fruit

farmer

arrow

noun head (anatomic)

younger brother

fall

(Shona) -fara

bowstring

fifteen

yesterday you saw me

spiders

adjective long (not ’wide’)