Nambya English

maternal aunt

friends

farmers

grooms

brides

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

daughters

have breakfast

(Shona) nyana

people

younger brothers

younger sisters

priests

kick

(Shona) nyama

grass

bark

feathers

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

at night

noun night

have diarrhea

(Shona) nyoka

dead bodies

stick

give birth

(Shona) murume

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

third

thousand

noun knee

hail

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

banana

noun bark (of tree)

magic

pond

year

cough

(Shona) mhepo

feet

(Shona) husiku

impalas

dogs

animals

widows

story

branches

fly

tusk

baboon

strong

word

he

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

adjective name

brown

fry

(Shona) mwana

flea

huge

give greetings

(Shona) amai

long

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

correct

finger

(Shona) zuva

lightning

feed

(Shona) -rema

ducks

years

farms

maternal uncles

baboons

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

five hundred

bows

tails

salt

Please

go

(Shona) baba

Excuse Me

smell

(Shona) -tya

many

blue

verb die

burn

(Shona) iyo

burned

choose

(Shona) kupi

press

(Shona) dumbu

receive

(Shona) chifuva

paternal grandfather

cook

(Shona) kwete

noun air

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Bengani Ncube

hunt

(Shona) tambo

fall

(Shona) -fara

shamans

female

recognize

(Shona) moyo

Yesterday I saw you

float

(Shona) -onda

born, be

(Shona) ti

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword

nests