Ndau English

cook

(Shona) kwete

count

(Shona) zhinji

dig

(Shona) motsi

fall

(Shona) -fara

other

enter

(Shona) -hombe

receive

(Shona) chifuva

hold

(Shona) gwati

stop

(Shona) -dambura

bag

arm

(Shona) -erera

hole

finger

(Shona) zuva

bat

if

spider

drunk, be

(Shona) china

chest

(Shona) gore

deep

noun eye

ankles

(Shona) -papama

noun hot (of weather)

try

(Shona) -pota

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

verb dead

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

hide

(Shona) shizha

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

fight

(Shona) -diki

frightened

bridges

mothers

maternal aunts

shoulders

cocks

in morning

arms

(Shona) zuva

hands

(Shona) -ipa

hyenas

cockroaches

branches

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

thief

mice

ostrich

animal

lizards

farms

noun nose

brooms

elder sister

lightning

fruit

singer

priest

semen

farmer

old person

noun head (anatomic)

language

cows

adjective good

Yesterday I saw you

toenail

because

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

daughters

noun star

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

at

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

run

(Shona) -ruma

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

beautiful

maternal uncle

bad

noun bird

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

Goodbye

vein

feet

(Shona) husiku

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

send

(Shona) -fema

insects

elder sisters

noun yellow (colour)

noun breasts (female)

adjective name

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

sweat

owl

day

correct

many

sticks

now