Ndau English

alone

high

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

escape

(Shona) -reba

fathers-in-law

I will not give you the money

yesterday you did not see me

cooked

bleed

(Shona) iwe

boat

noun liver

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sharpening tool

answer

young

noun eye

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

pronoun all (of a number)

yes

smell

(Shona) -tya

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

break

(Shona) imi

powerful

noun fish

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

dogs

they

frog

where

fear

(Shona) -kora

sisters-in-law

mothers

paternal grandmothers

worms

thirty

butterflies

pain

pains

verb words

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

chicken eggs

mice

ostrich

deaf

languages

elder sister

impala

singer

elder brother

grandchild

brother-in-law

noun person (individual human)

right

poor

thigh

daughter-in-law

some

cow

cows

story

stomachs

gold

Thank You

Tomorrow I will see you

I know

fingernail

(Shona) gore

toenail

fishnet

village

ribs

flies

verb today

lake

ocean, sea

buffaloes

at

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

return

(Shona) -nwa

lungs

(Shona) na-, ne-

numeral two

straight

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

flower

sick

wash someone

(Shona) -sunga

noun bird

monkeys

word

itch

(Shona) -totesa

bows

elder sisters

sons-in-law

grooms

younger sisters

nine

hunters

urine

day

many

little fingers

(Shona) ku, kuna, pa, pana

rhinoceroses