Ndau English

enter

(Shona) -hombe

escape

(Shona) -reba

paternal grandfathers

I did not give you the money

father

rock

noun white (colour)

finger

(Shona) zuva

give greetings

(Shona) amai

dead body

sharpening tool

spider

adjective small

young

verb stand

breathe

(Shona) ino

fence

short

giraffe

noun mountain (not hill)

guinea fowls

pig

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

pronoun that

need

(Shona) nzeve

adjective new

they

kick

(Shona) nyama

frogs

mud

maternal grandmothers

paternal grandmothers

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

graves

maternal aunt

jackals

rats

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

caves

noun bark (of tree)

knives

nests

verb words

spiders

intestines

(Shona) -tsetseka

teeth

noun seed

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buck

raw

hut

milk

(Shona) dai, nana, kana

cough

(Shona) mhepo

son-in-law

friend

lip

(Shona) -kure

hunter

some

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

Tomorrow I will see you

songs

slow

kudus

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

snake

elephant

ground

wing

verb say

dream

(Shona) tatu

axes

remain

(Shona) chitaka

how

beautiful

maternal grandfather

noun bird

few

little

lion

wash clothes

(Shona) -pukuta

at night

bow

elder brothers

sons

sons-in-law

friends

eight

boys

six

hunt

(Shona) tambo

verb clean

obey

(Shona) mhuno

adjective name

sweat

owl

verb, intransitive drums

boats

rhinoceroses

possible

bats