Ndau English

alone

close

(Shona) rini

male

I did not give you the money

there

mucus

(Shona) nekuti

noun hair (on head of humans)

save

(Shona) -pfira

day after tomorrow

dream

cheek

(Shona) huruva

drunk, be

(Shona) china

wind

ankles

(Shona) -papama

go

(Shona) baba

verb fat

live

(Shona) mvere

rat

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

fish(es)

throat

throats

adjective big

pronoun that

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

pronoun 2.sg You

comb

shoulder

old

young birds

sisters

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

maternal aunt

worms

valleys

eighty

north

caves

money

vomit

flowers

nests

seven hundred

five hundred

buck

languages

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

in

fruit

old (person)

language

groom

baby

some

stomach

I see you

Tomorrow I will see you

noun blood

slow

meat

sad

ocean, sea

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

stars

dry

float

(Shona) -onda

ground

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

spit

(Shona) -rwa

lung

(Shona) ne

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

numeral one

speak

(Shona) -uraya

weak

remain

(Shona) chitaka

maternal uncles

wash someone

(Shona) -sunga

word

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

push

(Shona) mutsipa

free

dark

rope

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

You see me

priests

elder brothers

brothers-in-law

grandchildren

week

name (family)

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

little fingers

(Shona) ku, kuna, pa, pana

cages

chins

(Shona) denga

wash self

(Shona) -kanda

toes

understand

(Shona) -pa