Nambya English

maternal aunt

I did not give you the money

I don’t see you

husbands

verb kind

ask

raw

grass

west

north

brain

(Shona) nyanza

dig

(Shona) motsi

save

(Shona) -pfira

fourth

hail

yes

chicken egg

adjective round

butterfly

ocean, sea

crab

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

noun fish

bags

fences

right

money

winter

eland

veins

noun louse

louse, head

languages

drum

verb, intransitive drums

houses

turtles

bees

forest

ripe

bridge

hundred

elephant

adjective name

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

flea

in

at

push

(Shona) mutsipa

sing

(Shona) -funga

verb sleep

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

verb say

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

dream

(Shona) tatu

help

(Shona) muchero

forearm

(Shona) -chembera, -tsaru

straight

stories

lightning

branch

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

fifty

sharpening tools

holes

maternal grandfathers

fathers-in-law

fishnets

numeral one

verb today

better

I see you

smell

(Shona) -tya

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

many

wet

noun burn

few

arrive

cut

(Shona) shoma

sell

(Shona) -furidza

escape

(Shona) -reba

frighten

(Shona) munhu

You see me

farmer

bride

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Bengani Ncube

brother

back

(Shona) jenaguru

waist

ladder

priest

bleed

(Shona) iwe

moons

yesterday you saw me

in morning

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

every

cages