Ndau English

catch

(Shona) ani

cook

(Shona) kwete

alone

enter

(Shona) -hombe

You did not see me

name

waist

sharpening tools

happy

spider

help

(Shona) muchero

drunk, be

(Shona) china

near

adjective full

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

sing

(Shona) -funga

fences

hip

(Shona) -pinza

wash hair

(Shona) -zvuva, -dhonza

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

noun mountain (not hill)

broken, be

bark

powerful

strong

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

pronoun this

bury

(Shona) pano

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

adjective new

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

kick

(Shona) nyama

leopard

fear

(Shona) -kora

chiefs

paternal grandmothers

sisters

combs

mountains

valleys

twins

north

flowers

intestines

(Shona) -tsetseka

seeds

thorns

languages

bald

impala

singer

milk

(Shona) dai, nana, kana

brother

elder brother

son-in-law

noun tree (not log)

younger brother

younger sister

farmer

noun water

hippopotamuses

husband

another

I gave you the money

crocodiles

village

flies

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

elephant

rotten

lung

(Shona) ne

lungs

(Shona) na-, ne-

think

(Shona) -famba

adjective long (not ’wide’)

remain

(Shona) chitaka

python

word

lions

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

noun red (colour)

send

(Shona) -fema

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

You see me

women

elder brothers

younger sisters

nine

seven

five

week

yesterday you saw me

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

fists

(Shona) -itsva

sticks

bats

wells

waists