Nambya English

sisters-in-law

grooms

daughters

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

lizards

thick

boiled

beard

(Shona) kunaya

west

north

adjective good

return

(Shona) -nwa

south

knife

spider

crow

eyebrow

(Shona) -tsvuku

basket

nest

verb dead

rat

chicken egg

noun egg

sky

noun skin (person’s)

cock

grave

bag

dust

noun blood

noun horn (of bull etc.)

fan

elands

ostriches

pipes

louse, head

drum

leopards

crocodile

cheetahs

rhinoceroses

vaginas

turtle

noun bull

noun ear

lion

ripe

bridge

wool

name

adjective dry (substance)

far

noun cloud (not fog)

sing

(Shona) -funga

fence

language

verb bite

freeze

(Shona) murume

hives

ducks

ponds

twenty

thirty

owls

paternal grandmothers

mothers-in-law

days

name (family)

noun yellow (colour)

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

go

(Shona) baba

leave

(Shona) nyanga

I see you

now

adjective many

blue

lizard

wet

near

flat

burn

(Shona) iyo

noun hot (of weather)

maternal uncle

maternal grandfather

paternal grandfather

sell

(Shona) -furidza

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

old person

arrow

back

(Shona) jenaguru

girl

broken, be

verb hear

there

float

(Shona) -onda

crows

adjective long (not ’wide’)

little

baskets