Nambya English

paternal grandmother

I did not give you the money

elder sisters

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

children

have

(Shona) shiri

have cold

(Shona) inda

old people

younger brothers

priests

beautiful

hidden

have diarrhea

(Shona) nyoka

second

spider

third

nest

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

goose

red ants

butterfly

money

thief

animal

gold

pigs

wells

vaginas

hats

warthogs

buffalo

bees

noun ear

kudus

axe

noun hair (on head of humans)

pronoun 2.sg You

elephant

elephants

chicken

brown

frightened

sad

scared

old

verb walk

sing

(Shona) -funga

dream

(Shona) tatu

fence

straight

verb gardens

verb stand

twins

arms

(Shona) zuva

hands

(Shona) -ipa

geese

vomit

valleys

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

flowers

maternal grandmothers

cockroaches

shells

maternal uncles

fathers

white ants (termites)

brooms

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

months

Please

leave

(Shona) nyanga

I know

adjective small

silent

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

chew

(Shona) chii

be blind

where

dirty

press

(Shona) dumbu

make

(Shona) musoro

first

cut

(Shona) shoma

fleas

frighten

(Shona) munhu

enemies

broom

fruit

You see me

noun mouth

noun person (individual human)

noun woman

daughter-in-law

brother

trail

hunt

(Shona) tambo

day before yesterday

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

float

(Shona) -onda

impossible