Nambya English

mother-in-law

I will not give you the money

I don’t know

adverb not

count

(Shona) zhinji

farmers

sons

people

men

grandchildren

hold

(Shona) gwati

put

(Shona) huro

numeral two

ant

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

south

second

spider

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

slow

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

hail

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

hive

excrement

(Shona) gomo

magic

red ants

lake

jackals

crab

noun blood

impalas

noun dog

adjective cold (of weather)

ostrich

pronoun 1.sg I

vein

house

vaginas

bulls

meat

noun star

snakes

noun bird

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

baboon

day

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

powerful

pregnant

hungry

pronoun that

scared

smooth

hit

(Shona) mudzi

dream

(Shona) tatu

arm

(Shona) -erera

hard

correct

lightning

song

chicken eggs

ducks

fists

(Shona) -itsva

spears

butterflies

dreams

mothers-in-law

snore

(Shona) -fa

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

shells

watefalls

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

verb, transitive embers

eyes

(Shona) -dema

salt

hearts

(Shona) -asviba

four

leave

(Shona) nyanga

better

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

noun burn

cloudy

buy

(Shona) apo

escape

(Shona) -reba

hunter

farmer

daughter-in-law

brother

arrow

poor

noun foot (not leg)

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

fish(es)

shaman

adjective full

Yesterday I didn’t see you

in morning

float

(Shona) -onda

huts