Ndau English

alone

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

close

(Shona) rini

male

paternal uncles

I don’t know

hold

(Shona) gwati

hyena

young bird

question what?

toe

which

sharpening tool

sharpening tools

want

(Shona) -geza

noun black (colour)

adjective small

noun ash(es)

verb fat

fences

blow

(Shona) a

garden

verb sit

noun bone

broken, be

nineteen

strong

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

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adjective big

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

Excuse Me

verb eat

frogs

zebras

sisters-in-law

graves

leopards

bananas

worms

sixty

twins

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

caves

stones

money

ducks

branches

mother-in-law

thieves

lizards

farms

thighs

necks

(Shona) zita

brother

elder brother

lizard

verb, transitive farm

thorn

lip

(Shona) -kure

daughter

some

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

stories

beards

(Shona) rwizi

claws

fishnets

brain

(Shona) nyanza

villages

sad

lakes

ocean, sea

silent

buffaloes

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

return

(Shona) -nwa

sharp (knife)

numeral two

throw away

(Shona) -garira

when

verb bite

axes

monkeys

little

tie

(Shona) -gara

sweet

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

sons-in-law

eight

yesterday you saw me

chicken egg

sweat

You’re Welcome

tortoises

now

how many

cages

chins

(Shona) denga

bats