Ndau English

cook

(Shona) kwete

arrive

suck

(Shona) -baya, -junga

paternal uncles

mothers-in-law

You did not see me

stop

(Shona) -dambura

brown

save

(Shona) -pfira

rhinoceros

cage

bat

livers

(Shona) mu

sharpening tools

thousand

baboon

roof

adjective small

deep

adjective full

verb lie (on side, recline)

try

(Shona) -pota

yes

wide

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

fourteen

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

skulls

pigs

arrow

throats

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

he

Excuse Me

noun night

graves

eagles

crows

knives

butterflies

pipes

saliva

roofs

days

thief

mice

white ants (termites)

pregnant

noun nose

backs

(Shona) mvura

enemy

impala

noun air

noun woman

elder brother

son

grandchild

net

noun tree (not log)

(Shona) muti

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun person (individual human)

(Shona) munhu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

thigh

noun water

daughter

bellies

(Shona) dziva

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

beards

(Shona) rwizi

winter

silent

stars

thin

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

return

(Shona) -nwa

lung

(Shona) ne

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

adjective long (not ’wide’)

tired

tongues

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

grass

pythons

lions

sweet

dark

buy

(Shona) apo

vein

veins

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

bow

men

yesterday you saw me

sweat

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

yesterday

every day

toenails

rhinoceroses

better

understand

(Shona) -pa