Ndau English

arrive

high

I did not give you the money

stab

(Shona) -cheka, -kuma

stop

(Shona) -dambura

butterfly

boiled

noun hand

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

hole

rock

verb stone

drum

rhinoceros

baboon

adjective round

sky

help

(Shona) muchero

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

noun knee

adjective small

yes

break

(Shona) va

smell

(Shona) -tya

noun mountain (not hill)

valley

guinea fowls

adjective big

burn

(Shona) iyo

hard

verb (infinitive) see

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

names

holes

noun night

maternal aunt

mother

eighty

thirty

noun bark (of tree)

vomit

ducks

intestines

(Shona) -tsetseka

thieves

dust

penis

bulls

noun root (botanics)

white ant (termite)

milk

(Shona) dai, nana, kana

elder brother

lizard

noun person (individual human)

smell

groom

snore

(Shona) -fa

and

with

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

pronoun 1.sg I

Tomorrow I will see you

I eat quails

(Shona) ndinodya zvihuta

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

girls

noun blood

brain

(Shona) nyanza

mosquito

buffalo

bee

dried

here

float

(Shona) -onda

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

ground

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

numeral two

think

(Shona) -famba

verb say

tongues

crow

duck

yawn

(Shona) -imba

forest

lions

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

buy

(Shona) apo

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

send

(Shona) -fema

wives

brothers

sons-in-law

grooms

eight

people

younger sisters

four

urine

name (family)

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

You’re Welcome

fists

(Shona) -itsva

boats

thumbs