Nambya English

enemy

elder sisters

friends

have children

(Shona) imbwa

sons

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

people

bald

priests

thick

put

(Shona) huro

numeral two

ant

at night

east

boat

noun green (colour)

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

nest

true (not false)

rock

ten

crab

worms

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

dream

flower

money

noun dog

eland

ostriches

veins

cows

pig

house

leopards

crocodile

vaginas

warthog

warthogs

meat

bees

mosquitoes

lion

lions

pronoun inclusive we

week

have fever

(Shona) gonye

huge

at

pass the night

(Shona) zino

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

long

arm

(Shona) -erera

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

have itch

(Shona) sango

branch

verb gardens

river

boats

years

ninety

dreams

mothers

maternal grandmothers

wings

waterfall

maternal uncles

weeks

days

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

bellies

(Shona) dziva

(fire)wood

verb drink

full moon

hearts

(Shona) -asviba

bat

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

many

lizard

verb die

choose

(Shona) kupi

happy

seven

possible

insects

hunter

groom

son-in-law

noun sand (opposite to following)

urine

bleed

(Shona) iwe

verb hear

fifteen

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

ant hills

knives

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

chins

(Shona) denga

nests