Ndau English

catch

(Shona) ani

count

(Shona) zhinji

I don’t know

You did not see me

give birth

(Shona) murume

hole

tortoise

toe

chin

(Shona) mhute

livers

(Shona) mu

noun smoke (of fire)

adjective full

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

breathe

(Shona) ino

hip

(Shona) -pinza

year

bark (dog)

hidden

bury

(Shona) pano

noun louse

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

testicle

stick

fry

(Shona) mwana

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

noun night

warthogs

mothers

shoulders

years

ninety

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

verb tomorrow

twin

twins

cockroaches

saliva

teeth

ostriches

penises

deaf

maternal grandmother

bulls

trees

farms

thorns

backs

(Shona) mvura

thighs

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

impala

noun root (botanics)

diarrhea

(Shona) moto

milk

(Shona) dai, nana, kana

poor

back

(Shona) jenaguru

magic

noun head (anatomic)

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

I gave you the money

Please

beard

(Shona) kunaya

beards

(Shona) rwizi

toenail

because

brains

(Shona) munyu

village

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Lovemore Mutonga

kudus

sad

rotten

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

think

(Shona) -famba

speak

(Shona) -uraya

heavy

weak

when

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

verb bite

remain

(Shona) chitaka

maternal uncles

duck

forest

push

(Shona) mutsipa

tie

(Shona) -gara

free

play

(Shona) tsoka

buy

(Shona) apo

feet

(Shona) husiku

verb kill

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

brothers-in-law

boys

five

week

hunt

(Shona) tambo

phrase he made only a partial marriage payment

(Shona) akabhadhara kusvika padanga chete

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

tortoises

dead bodies

waists