Ndau English

cry

(Shona) amwe

high

other

receive

(Shona) chifuva

sister-in-law

father

well

noun smoke (of fire)

young

zebra

ankles

(Shona) -papama

smell

(Shona) -tya

short

live

(Shona) mvere

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

noun bone

break

(Shona) imi

strong

guinea fowls

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

pig

throat

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

grave

ripe

he

testicle

stick

insect

shoulder

old

bags

names

young birds

frogs

chiefs

giraffes

seventy

fifty

horns

noun bark (of tree)

saliva

noun earth (soil)

teeth

owls

thieves

spears

languages

thighs

enemy

lightning

river

wife

noun woman

noun tree (not log)

friend

right

noun fire

(Shona) moto

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

moons

crocodile

villages

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

buffalo

stars

snakes

dried

spit

(Shona) -rwa

lung

(Shona) ne

numeral two

noun burn

(Shona) pisa

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

heat

(Shona) rutanda

straight

adjective long (not ’wide’)

dream

(Shona) tatu

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

run

(Shona) -ruma

tongues

sick

nest

maternal uncle

python

push

(Shona) mutsipa

sweet

sister

wool

send

(Shona) -fema

honey

elder brothers

grooms

babies

three

week

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

yesterday

noun sun

boats

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

better

wells