Nambya English

maternal aunt

enemy

brothers

elder brothers

brothers-in-law

brides

have

(Shona) shiri

younger brothers

girls

kick

(Shona) nyama

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

return

(Shona) -nwa

brains

(Shona) munyu

need

(Shona) nzeve

crow

cage

have hiccups

(Shona) muti

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

cockroach

hive

butterfly

bag

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

noun ash(es)

money

impala

virgins

animals

languages

crocodile

crocodiles

cheetahs

well

warthogs

bee

verb, transitive farm

python

lions

pronoun inclusive we

week

bridge

chicken

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

dried

powerful

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

adjective big

huge

verb say

high

cry

(Shona) amwe

correct

fight

(Shona) -diki

song

verb eat

deaf

ducks

years

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

mothers-in-law

day after tomorrow

eagles

watefalls

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

fathers

roofs

noun yellow (colour)

names (family)

salt

daughter

with

verb today

enter

(Shona) -hombe

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

blue

wet

verb give

flat

be blind

blow

(Shona) a

noun burn

remain

(Shona) chitaka

seven

do

(Shona) piri

make

(Shona) musoro

receive

(Shona) chifuva

sell

(Shona) -furidza

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

frighten

(Shona) munhu

enemies

nurse

(Shona) ziso

elder brother

arrow

noun head (anatomic)

hunt

(Shona) tambo

twelve

female

yesterday you did not see me

chins

(Shona) denga

huts