Ndau English

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

other

paternal uncles

old people

paternal aunt

sister-in-law

yesterday you did not see me

basket

cooked

noun hand

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun white (colour)

day after tomorrow

hat

little finger

(Shona) ruboshwe

give greetings

(Shona) amai

noun liver

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

waist

happy

cheek

(Shona) huruva

adjective small

young

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

jackal

rat

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

arrow

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

where

burned

bags

zebras

verb gardens

jackals

shoulders

leopards

thirty

ladder

horns

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

stones

ants

roofs

owls

ostriches

animals

dust

penises

backs

(Shona) mvura

tears

languages

thighs

lightning

fruit

brother

noun person (individual human)

lip

(Shona) -kure

noun boy

hunter

I gave you the money

gold

I see you

crocodile

crocodiles

slow

verb drink

elephants

freeze

(Shona) murume

at

return

(Shona) -nwa

lungs

(Shona) na-, ne-

think

(Shona) -famba

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

nest

maternal uncles

father-in-law

few

dark

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

wet

Goodbye

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

singers

grooms

eight

younger sisters

grandchildren

yesterday you saw me

phrase he made only a partial marriage payment

(Shona) akabhadhara kusvika padanga chete

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noun yellow (colour)

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

day

You’re Welcome

every

swell

(Shona) -kwenya, -kwara

impossible