Ndau English

fall

(Shona) -fara

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

escape

(Shona) -reba

I don’t see you

Tomorrow I will not see you

knife

hyena

cockroach

basket

hole

noun hair (on head of humans)

ghost

boat

toe

rhinoceros

sharpening tools

cheek

(Shona) huruva

near

adjective small

adjective full

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

try

(Shona) -pota

sing

(Shona) -funga

smell

(Shona) -tya

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

noun mountain (not hill)

ten

nineteen

ripe

dogs

do

(Shona) piri

frog

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

verb eat

frightened

burned

zebras

fathers

mothers

maternal aunts

sisters

forty

fifty

in morning

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

knives

pipes

flowers

five hundred

seeds

bucks

penises

paternal grandmother

lizards

farms

necks

(Shona) zita

diarrhea

(Shona) moto

white ant (termite)

noun tree (not log)

(Shona) muti

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

friend

noun boy

groom

husband

month

cows

make

(Shona) musoro

story

beard

(Shona) kunaya

noun claw

(Shona) nzara

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

song

brain

(Shona) nyanza

mosquitoes

daughters

lakes

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

elephants

here

return

(Shona) -nwa

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

verb bite

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

remain

(Shona) chitaka

father-in-law

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

grass

all

few

lions

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

noun foot (not leg)

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

women

brothers

friends

yesterday you saw me

noun yellow (colour)

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

day before yesterday

how much