Ndau English

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

dig

(Shona) motsi

male

mothers-in-law

Tomorrow I will not see you

born, be

(Shona) ti

butterfly

cooked

name

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

rock

waist

noun eye

sing

(Shona) -funga

verb die

thick

verb sit

grind

(Shona) hove

wash hair

(Shona) -zvuva, -dhonza

eagle

worm

noun cloud (not fog)

valley

cock

break

(Shona) imi

powerful

adverb not

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun fish

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

chicken

adjective big

dogs

far

scared

verb (infinitive) see

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

fathers

graves

mountains

fifty

feathers

horns

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

knives

pains

nests

verb words

branches

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

names (family)

spears

pregnant

noses

(Shona) dzinza

bald

lightning

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

diarrhea

(Shona) moto

friend

noun person (individual human)

(Shona) munhu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

semen

salt

poor

arrows

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

some

cow

adjective good

story

I gave you the money

I see you

I know

noun blood

songs

villages

ribs

buffaloes

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

here

float

(Shona) -onda

verb pipe

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

verb bite

maternal uncles

little

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

rope

bowstring

veins

bows

elder sisters

verb clean

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

name (family)

every day

many

tortoises

verb, intransitive drums

cages

chins

(Shona) denga

dreams

heels

(Shona) denderedzwa