Ndau English

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

high

other

Yesterday I didn’t see you

old people

cave

cockroach

butterfly

hat

boat

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

which

noun liver

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

livers

(Shona) mu

dream

thousand

if

answer

adjective round

noun eye

pronoun all (of a number)

fence

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

noun mountain (not hill)

vagina

thumb

true (not false)

adverb not

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

adjective big

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

bury

(Shona) pano

louse, head

fast

scared

verb (infinitive) see

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

bridges

names

sisters-in-law

fathers

verb gardens

hips

(Shona) -gomara

maternal aunt

shoulders

bananas

years

in morning

noun bark (of tree)

pains

verb words

buck

deaf

maternal grandmother

white ants (termites)

brooms

noun root (botanics)

white ant (termite)

awake

noun mouth

spear

son-in-law

lip

(Shona) -kure

hunter

groom

moons

snore

(Shona) -fa

I will give you the money

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

crocodile

dried

thin

float

(Shona) -onda

spit

(Shona) -rwa

sharp

set on fire

(Shona) -ona

tired

verb bite

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

sick

beautiful

duck

python

birds

lions

itch

(Shona) -totesa

leave

(Shona) nyanga

sweet

dark

at night

bow

four

boys

six

phrase he made only a partial marriage payment

(Shona) akabhadhara kusvika padanga chete

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

hundred

how much

You’re Welcome

fists

(Shona) -itsva

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

dead bodies