Ndau English

paternal grandfathers

mothers-in-law

Tomorrow I will not see you

receive

(Shona) chifuva

give birth

(Shona) murume

stab

(Shona) -cheka, -kuma

stop

(Shona) -dambura

basket

blue

cooked

tortoise

drum

hat

sharpening tool

sharpening tools

cheek

(Shona) huruva

skull

verb stand

go

(Shona) baba

verb die

breathe

(Shona) ino

verb fat

verb sit

fifteen

thumb

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

pigs

pronoun 2.sg You

leopard

verb (infinitive) rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

fight

(Shona) -diki

burned

holes

frogs

chiefs

graves

eighty

crows

branches

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

excrement

(Shona) gomo

teeth

raw

pregnant

farms

thorns

river

diarrhea

(Shona) moto

elder brother

noun bull

verb, transitive farm

thorn

snore

(Shona) -fa

I gave you the money

bellies

(Shona) dziva

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

gold

beard

(Shona) kunaya

I know

fingernail

(Shona) gore

fishnets

songs

kudu

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

buffalo

buffaloes

bees

float

(Shona) -onda

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

return

(Shona) -nwa

sharp

sharp (knife)

numeral one

speak

(Shona) -uraya

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

how

beautiful

forest

python

laugh

(Shona) zai

word

lion

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

raise

(Shona) zamu

wool

send

(Shona) -fema

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

priests

boys

daughters-in-law

obey

(Shona) mhuno

noun breasts (female)

noun sun

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

rhinoceroses

waists

verb hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

understand

(Shona) -pa