Ndau English

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

cut

(Shona) shoma

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

enter

(Shona) -hombe

paternal grandfathers

paternal uncles

I did not give you the money

cockroach

hat

cage

which

heel

(Shona) -twasanuka

noun black (colour)

help

(Shona) muchero

chest

(Shona) gore

noun ash(es)

verb lie (on side, recline)

try

(Shona) -pota

breathe

(Shona) ino

blow

(Shona) a

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

rat

ten

twelve

bark

hidden

adjective new

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

they

throw

(Shona) -zorora

fast

old

verb eat

scared

noun night

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

hips

(Shona) -gomara

jackals

bananas

eighty

feathers

twin

twins

flowers

verb words

branches

excrement

(Shona) gomo

noun seed

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

bulls

noun nose

backs

(Shona) mvura

impalas

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

awake

brother-in-law

noun person (individual human)

daughter-in-law

husband

daughter

moons

Tomorrow I will see you

girl

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

village

flies

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

lakes

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

bees

adjective dry (substance)

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

sharp (knife)

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

maternal grandfather

forest

few

ant

itch

(Shona) -totesa

leave

(Shona) nyanga

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

bowstring

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

feet

(Shona) husiku

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

at night

men

elder brothers

husbands

farmers

grandchildren

hundred

owl

every day

sticks

now

ant hills

dead bodies