Nambya English

mother-in-law

adverb not

count

(Shona) zhinji

children

have cold

(Shona) inda

girls

cooked

verb kill

noun night

noun liver

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

hole

hawk

wing

twin

noun egg

true (not false)

duck

cheek

(Shona) huruva

butterfly

tortoises

guinea fowl

noun fish

worm

worms

fences

monkey

comb

rope

noun ash(es)

ostriches

animals

pronoun 1.sg I

pipes

widows

languages

branches

orphan

well

noun claw

kudu

kudus

ghost

hundred

name

fast

drunk, be

(Shona) china

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

then

scared

old

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

speak

(Shona) -uraya

heavy

hit

(Shona) mudzi

geese

spears

female

ninety

hawks

hyenas

chiefs

fathers

frogs

white ants (termites)

Goodbye

never

I gave you the money

adjective small

verb die

verb fly

noun burn

maternal uncle

answer

five

first

father

maternal grandfather

sell

(Shona) -furidza

noun boy

hunter

farmer

nurse

(Shona) ziso

noun person (individual human)

noun man (adult male human)

daughter-in-law

ladder

urine

names

younger brother

younger sister

break

(Shona) va

shaman

here

sweet

born, be

(Shona) ti

spiders

leechs

cages

nests