Nambya English

You did not see me

elder brothers

count

(Shona) zhinji

have

(Shona) shiri

have cold

(Shona) inda

grandchildren

ask

raw

ant

at night

east

hidden

knife

spider

chest

(Shona) gore

nest

ant hill

rich

mice

cave

cockroach

twin

verb stone

cheek

(Shona) huruva

mud

grave

crab

flower

verb, intransitive fans

virgin

fly

noun bull

buffalo

baboon

ground

hundred

songs

fast

fingernail

(Shona) gore

fat

dried

far

watch

(Shona) -sona

push

(Shona) mutsipa

grind

(Shona) hove

verb walk

noun cloud (not fog)

high

dream

(Shona) tatu

sick

feed

(Shona) -rema

bananas

twins

deaf

ducks

spears

valleys

butterflies

mothers

Tomorrow I will see you

snore

(Shona) -fa

holes

farms

fathers

paternal grandfathers

noun fire

daughter

go

(Shona) baba

wet

verb give

be blind

verb fly

noun red (colour)

happy

five

dirty

arrive

Thank You

paternal grandfather

buy

(Shona) apo

father-in-law

chickens

hunter

fruit

farmer

dawn

waist

poor

ladder

younger brother

thorn

hunt

(Shona) tambo

bowstring

there

Yesterday I didn’t see you

every

born, be

(Shona) ti

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

sticks

baskets