Nambya English

count

(Shona) zhinji

verb kind

younger brothers

beautiful

both

grass

noun feather (large, not down)

feathers

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

brain

(Shona) nyanza

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

slow

yes

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

rat

wing

play

(Shona) tsoka

valley

feet

(Shona) husiku

crabs

noun fish

fences

comb

noun blood

flower

thief

zebra

verb, intransitive fans

eland

elands

crocodiles

rhinoceros

fly

meat

tusks

noun star

kudu

forest

pythons

pronoun inclusive we

fishnet

elephant

noun sun

rotten

verb lie (on side, recline)

verb say

speak

(Shona) -uraya

arm

(Shona) -erera

forearm

(Shona) -chembera, -tsaru

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

correct

language

fear

(Shona) -kora

years

maternal grandmothers

verb tomorrow

caves

wings

maternal uncles

verb, transitive embers

paternal uncles

mountains

name (family)

white ants (termites)

Goodbye

son

noun tail

months

verb today

I gave you the money

blue

because

lizard

burn

(Shona) iyo

choose

(Shona) kupi

happy

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

few

paternal aunt

dark

send

(Shona) -fema

bow

groom

noun woman

elder sister

elder brother

noun earth (soil)

village

noun head (anatomic)

urine

eleven

lice, body

puddles

yesterday you did not see me

yesterday you saw me

every

ant hills

dead body

adjective long (not ’wide’)

nests