Nambya English

and

I will not give you the money

count

(Shona) zhinji

sisters-in-law

have children

(Shona) imbwa

men

younger brothers

kick

(Shona) nyama

both

raw

noun white (colour)

second

spider

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

noun nose

fourth

basket

thousand

hail

left

weak

breathe

(Shona) ino

banana

mice

eagle

duck

noun mountain (not hill)

magic

noun skin (person’s)

cough

(Shona) mhepo

cock

grave

owl

sharpening tool

tortoises

guinea fowls

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

virgins

pipes

you (pl)

widow

pigs

turtle

warthogs

net

he

noun breasts (female)

elephant

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

huge

when

noun tongue (anatomical)

verb gardens

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

feed

(Shona) -rema

twins

forearms

(Shona) -naka

monkeys

deaf

female

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

flowers

paternal grandmothers

no

day after tomorrow

hyenas

verb, transitive embers

fathers

paternal uncles

weeks

nets

five hundred

tails

I will give you the money

I know

smell

(Shona) -tya

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

many

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

where

verb fly

blunt (knife)

noun burn

burned

noun red (colour)

answer

happy

six

bow

broom

dawn

priest

urine

puddle

shaman

pronoun this

there

Yesterday I didn’t see you

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

sticks