Ndau English

cook

(Shona) kwete

other

paternal grandfathers

question who?

Tomorrow I will not see you

I don’t know

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

paternal aunt

You did not see me

father

paternal grandfather

born, be

(Shona) ti

blue

noun hand

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

bleed

(Shona) iwe

noun hair (on head of humans)

save

(Shona) -pfira

hat

rhinoceros

chin

(Shona) mhute

well

noun smoke (of fire)

cheek

(Shona) huruva

warthog

adjective full

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

pronoun all (of a number)

verb fat

fence

blow

(Shona) a

broken, be

cock

break

(Shona) imi

strong

skulls

chicken

bark (dog)

arrow

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

throat

hidden

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

paternal grandmothers

maternal aunt

combs

bananas

worms

forty

wings

ducks

weeks

seven hundred

raw

deaf

paternal grandmother

huts

noses

(Shona) dzinza

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

spear

elder brother

younger sister

noun fire

(Shona) moto

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

hunter

daughter

I will give you the money

pronoun 1.sg I

Tomorrow I will see you

noun star

dried

rotten

verb give

sharp

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

maternal grandfather

little

lions

itch

(Shona) -totesa

leave

(Shona) nyanga

sister

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

insects

verb kill

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

rainbow

verb come

singers

wives

friends

younger brothers

four

boys

yesterday you saw me

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

how much

wells

impossible