Nambya English

and

paternal grandmother

mother-in-law

I will not give you the money

I don’t know

elder brothers

friends

sons-in-law

singers

have

(Shona) shiri

verb kind

priests

boys

hold

(Shona) gwati

You’re Welcome

verb kill

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

noun smoke (of fire)

knife

save

(Shona) -pfira

slow

yes

verb dead

fist

(Shona) -zara

spit

(Shona) -rwa

mice

cave

mud

spear

lake

jackal

crabs

guinea fowl

noun fish

bags

worms

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

dust

seeds

languages

verb, intransitive drums

turtles

noun flesh (meat)

snakes

mosquito

lion

strong

he

flea

insect

drunk, be

(Shona) china

adjective dry (substance)

male

then

in

run

(Shona) -ruma

forearm

(Shona) -chembera, -tsaru

branch

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

hands

(Shona) -ipa

monkeys

graves

sixty

dreams

day after tomorrow

verb, transitive embers

roofs

fishnets

frogs

another

salt

months

four

never

verb today

bat

I will give you the money

Excuse Me

because

pronoun all (of a number)

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

five

free

dark

noun air

sister-in-law

You see me

noun mouth

brother

trail

arrow

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

bury

(Shona) pano

recognize

(Shona) moyo

adjective full

yesterday you saw me

float

(Shona) -onda

verb know (facts)

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

adjective long (not ’wide’)