Nambya English

paternal grandmother

brothers

brothers-in-law

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

old people

thick

verb see

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

hidden

knife

stick

breathe

(Shona) ino

chicken egg

true (not false)

pond

crab

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

rainbow

comb

noun blood

dream

right

thief

noun seed

zebra

zebras

hippopotamus

cow

noun bull

snake

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

ground

net

word

wool

hundred

elephants

fry

(Shona) mwana

verb fat

thin

then

old

verb lie (on side, recline)

high

cry

(Shona) amwe

fence

have itch

(Shona) sango

stories

fear

(Shona) -kora

garden

feed

(Shona) -rema

rats

arms

(Shona) zuva

boats

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

fifty

no

Tomorrow I will not see you

cockroaches

watefalls

ghosts

paternal uncles

paternal grandfathers

fishnets

noun yellow (colour)

bows

tails

trees

bellies

(Shona) dziva

daughter

noun tail

blue

flat

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

which

happy

chief

free

make

(Shona) musoro

receive

(Shona) chifuva

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

escape

(Shona) -reba

send

(Shona) -fema

fleas

wind

hunter

You see me

noun person (individual human)

noun man (adult male human)

old person

elderly

girl

lice, head

twelve

adjective full

yesterday you did not see me

knives

huts