Ndau English

dig

(Shona) motsi

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

escape

(Shona) -reba

hold

(Shona) gwati

butterfly

boiled

cooked

arm

(Shona) -erera

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

bat

adjective round

try

(Shona) -pota

go

(Shona) baba

yes

wide

year

strong

true (not false)

pronoun 2.sg You

he

verb eat

fight

(Shona) -diki

baskets

eyes

(Shona) -dema

sisters

jackals

mountains

crows

knives

butterflies

stones

legs

(Shona) -pedo

names (family)

owls

dust

raw

house

trees

nets

smells

noun nose

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

lightning

priest

wife

noun mouth

cough

(Shona) mhepo

grandchild

net

verb, transitive farm

months

Thank You

I see you

noun blood

because

brains

(Shona) munyu

slow

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

bee

dry

adjective dry (substance)

lung

(Shona) ne

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

blind

numeral one

straight

nurse

(Shona) ziso

adjective long (not ’wide’)

remain

(Shona) chitaka

crow

beautiful

father-in-law

forest

grass

bad

noun bird

word

few

lions

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

leave

(Shona) nyanga

tie

(Shona) -gara

rope

sell

(Shona) -furidza

Goodbye

feet

(Shona) husiku

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

priests

eight

people

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

noun yellow (colour)

noun breasts (female)

name (family)

every day

correct

boats

rhinoceroses

heels

(Shona) denderedzwa

dead bodies