Nambya English

I did not give you the money

question who?

live

(Shona) mvere

elder sisters

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

have breakfast

(Shona) nyana

lizards

kick

(Shona) nyama

boiled

bad

verb see

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

ant

hidden

mouse

cave

hive

chicken egg

red ants

pond

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

sharpening tool

crabs

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

dust

thief

adjective cold (of weather)

verb pipe

cows

wells

fly

warthog

noun star

bees

noun bird

python

lions

bridge

noun leaf (botanics)

chicken

if

verb fat

hungry

huge

push

(Shona) mutsipa

pronoun that

noun cloud (not fog)

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

speak

(Shona) -uraya

high

forearm

(Shona) -chembera, -tsaru

fear

(Shona) -kora

verb stand

twins

horns

boats

monkeys

sharpening tools

Tomorrow I will not see you

narrow

holes

eagles

nets

verb words

days

every day

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

noun fire

go

(Shona) baba

blue

lizard

silent

which

be blind

burned

noun red (colour)

choose

(Shona) kupi

happy

five

chief

press

(Shona) dumbu

Thank You

paternal grandfather

fleas

frighten

(Shona) munhu

bow

noun woman

noun root (botanics)

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elderly

back

(Shona) jenaguru

girl

ladder

priest

bleed

(Shona) iwe

broken, be

female

yesterday you did not see me

day before yesterday

born, be

(Shona) ti

eyebrows

(Shona) -girini

Dialect: English loanword