Nambya English

elder sisters

singers

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

have children

(Shona) imbwa

verb kind

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

bald

hunters

numeral two

beard

(Shona) kunaya

noun night

hidden

noun green (colour)

return

(Shona) -nwa

knife

second

save

(Shona) -pfira

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

short

wing

chicken egg

noun mountain (not hill)

year

butterfly

feet

(Shona) husiku

noun fish

worms

dust

combs

flower

impala

hippopotamus

malaria

branches

vaginas

fly

giraffes

stars

forest

axe

pronoun inclusive we

bridge

noun breasts (female)

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

adjective name

fast

fry

(Shona) mwana

fat

dry

smooth

long

heavy

help

(Shona) muchero

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

verb bite

verb gardens

verb eat

horns

monkeys

butterflies

maternal aunts

maternal grandmothers

narrow

shells

watefalls

axes

fishnets

frogs

trails

thorns

brooms

daughter

noun moon

months

I know

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

verb die

flat

remain

(Shona) chitaka

answer

six

paternal aunt

send

(Shona) -fema

fleas

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

bow

brother-in-law

noun mouth

husband

noun woman

dawn

daughter-in-law

friend

noun head (anatomic)

priest

fish(es)

shaman

adjective full

ankles

(Shona) -papama