Nambya English

I don’t know

sisters

elder brothers

have breakfast

(Shona) nyana

men

lizards

younger brothers

younger sisters

both

beards

(Shona) rwizi

boat

brain

(Shona) nyanza

noun white (colour)

knife

spider

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

give birth

(Shona) murume

how

slow

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

hut

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

left

fist

(Shona) -zara

hyena

duck

sky

guinea fowl

worm

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

rope

noun blood

money

thief

ostrich

languages

verb, intransitive drums

wells

hats

fly

why

noun hair (on head of humans)

name

dry

hungry

sad

watch

(Shona) -sona

huge

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

speak

(Shona) -uraya

high

cry

(Shona) amwe

correct

language

finger

(Shona) zuva

sick

fight

(Shona) -diki

monkeys

owls

shells

farms

axes

baboons

paternal uncles

paternal grandfathers

nets

(fire)wood

daughter

now

smell

(Shona) -tya

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

chew

(Shona) chii

pronoun all (of a number)

burn

(Shona) iyo

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

noun burn

maternal uncle

choose

(Shona) kupi

eight

chief

free

three

dark

possible

chickens

send

(Shona) -fema

sister-in-law

dawn

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Bengani Ncube

break

(Shona) va

find

(Shona) -pfupi

shamans

Yesterday I saw you

float

(Shona) -onda

close

(Shona) rini

dead body

crows

leechs