Ndau English

dig

(Shona) motsi

other

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

yesterday you did not see me

pay

(Shona) rurimi

brown

rock

fist

(Shona) -zara

ghost

drum

chin

(Shona) mhute

summer

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

warthog

zebra

adjective full

verb stand

yes

jackal

year

cock

bark

powerful

true (not false)

skulls

fish(es)

chickens

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

grave

burn

(Shona) iyo

he

testicle

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

feed

(Shona) -rema

bags

names

zebras

valleys

horns

mother-in-law

thieves

mice

deaf

spears

enemies

impala

lightning

river

white ant (termite)

awake

milk

(Shona) dai, nana, kana

lizard

brother-in-law

net

verb, transitive farm

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

cows

story

blunt (knife)

noun blood

slow

villages

mosquito

flies

fly

daughters

lakes

silent

watch

(Shona) -sona

thin

verb give

at

here

turn

(Shona) -wa, -donha

sharp (knife)

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

verb bite

flower

axes

forest

few

itch

(Shona) -totesa

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

rope

wet

adjective cold (of weather)

noun red (colour)

verb kill

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

elder brothers

sons-in-law

husbands

week

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

hundred

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

noun sun

rhinoceroses

impossible