Ndau English

catch

(Shona) ani

dig

(Shona) motsi

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

adjective many

paternal uncles

mothers-in-law

pay

(Shona) rurimi

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

noun white (colour)

give greetings

(Shona) amai

summer

well

heel

(Shona) -twasanuka

sharpening tools

skull

roof

chest

(Shona) gore

sing

(Shona) -funga

break

(Shona) va

short

crab

noun green (colour)

backbone

(Shona) mwedzi

eagle

vagina

chickens

bury

(Shona) pano

kiss

(Shona) bvupa

old

maternal grandmothers

eyes

(Shona) -dema

noun bark (of tree)

malaria

intestines

(Shona) -tsetseka

teeth

mother-in-law

seeds

mouse

animal

deaf

nets

smells

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

impalas

in

noun root (botanics)

noun mouth

brother

lizard

friend

noun person (individual human)

female

younger sister

semen

old person

language

broom

noun water

hippopotamuses

some

make

(Shona) musoro

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

pronoun 1.sg I

I eat quails

(Shona) ndinodya zvihuta

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song

brains

(Shona) munyu

rib

kudu

daughters

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

verb give

ground

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

lungs

(Shona) na-, ne-

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

verb say

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

maternal uncles

birds

ant

tie

(Shona) -gara

dirty

adjective cold (of weather)

veins

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

verb come

brothers

sons-in-law

children

eight

younger sisters

urine

obey

(Shona) mhuno

noun egg

day before yesterday

fists

(Shona) -itsva

swell

(Shona) -kwenya, -kwara

now

heels

(Shona) denderedzwa