Nambya English

mother

question who?

You did not see me

live

(Shona) mvere

farmers

have

(Shona) shiri

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

old people

lizards

hunters

hold

(Shona) gwati

both

grass

feathers

ant

noun night

return

(Shona) -nwa

second

give birth

(Shona) murume

third

hail

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

verb sit

mice

cockroach

play

(Shona) tsoka

sky

red ant

lake

owl

jackal

crabs

tortoise

monkey

thief

adjective cold (of weather)

eland

cow

hat

fly

snake

bee

noun bird

ghost

lion

strong

noun hair (on head of humans)

fishnet

wool

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

if

brown

fat

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

smooth

hard

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

verb bite

lightning

hands

(Shona) -ipa

geese

female

paternal grandmothers

hyenas

axes

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

fathers

trees

leave

(Shona) nyanga

I gave you the money

bat

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

all

noun hot (of weather)

adjective new

laugh

(Shona) zai

few

free

press

(Shona) dumbu

receive

(Shona) chifuva

first

paternal uncle

frighten

(Shona) munhu

noun neck (not nape)

groom

noun man (adult male human)

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Bengani Ncube

son-in-law

noun earth (soil)

names

younger brother

bury

(Shona) pano

fall

(Shona) -fara

Yesterday I didn’t see you

verb know (facts)

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

sticks

chins

(Shona) denga

huts