Nambya English

wives

elder brothers

friends

grooms

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

men

bald

boys

boiled

bad

grass

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

noun night

boat

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

mud

noun bone

year

feet

(Shona) husiku

grave

tortoises

worm

seeds

impala

noun dog

dogs

animal

pipes

cows

pig

hat

flies

question what?

tusk

buffalo

mosquitoes

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

forest

strong

ripe

week

ground

noun rain

frightened

dried

powerful

sad

have fever

(Shona) gonye

run

(Shona) -ruma

verb lie (on side, recline)

pay

(Shona) rurimi

verb bite

lightning

fight

(Shona) -diki

mice

hands

(Shona) -ipa

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

valleys

forty

thirty

maternal grandmothers

hyenas

cockroaches

bucks

axes

name (family)

raise

(Shona) zamu

another

awake

four

I gave you the money

many

adjective many

because

noun burn

happy

six

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

few

first

three

dark

noun boy

noun air

white ant (termite)

groom

friend

arrow

noun sand (opposite to following)

grandchild

bury

(Shona) pano

ants

bowstring

there

day before yesterday

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

leechs

how much

huts