Ndau English

arrive

choose

(Shona) kupi

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

old people

put

(Shona) huro

hyena

basket

hole

well

ant hill

waist

noun smoke (of fire)

happy

drunk, be

(Shona) china

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

warthog

noun eye

verb die

garden

hip

(Shona) -pinza

crab

noun cloud (not fog)

cock

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

pigs

hidden

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

dogs

he

fear

(Shona) -kora

verb (infinitive) see

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

bags

sisters-in-law

eighty

fifty

feathers

horns

noun bark (of tree)

nests

ants

noun seed

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

maternal grandmother

bulls

thorns

thighs

white ant (termite)

awake

cough

(Shona) mhepo

son

noun tree (not log)

(Shona) muti

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

younger sister

old (person)

thigh

broom

groom

husband

baby

noun heart

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

adjective good

Please

gold

beard

(Shona) kunaya

I see you

fingernail

(Shona) gore

slow

kudu

mosquitoes

lake

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

float

(Shona) -onda

ground

lung

(Shona) ne

noun burn

(Shona) pisa

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

dream

(Shona) tatu

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

sick

maternal uncle

grass

noun bird

birds

word

lion

adjective cold (of weather)

vein

noun foot (not leg)

rainbow

brothers

elder sisters

brothers-in-law

yesterday you saw me

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

every

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

cages

chins

(Shona) denga