Ndau English

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

cut

(Shona) shoma

high

adjective many

old people

verb sleep

butterfly

bag

name

hole

question what?

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

rhinoceros

bat

waist

sharpening tool

spider

noun black (colour)

roof

sky

drunk, be

(Shona) china

noun ash(es)

noun hot (of weather)

smell

(Shona) -tya

fence

fences

noun mountain (not hill)

break

(Shona) imi

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

ripe

testicle

throw

(Shona) -zorora

fast

leopard

huge

fear

(Shona) -kora

baskets

bridges

holes

maternal grandfathers

vaginas

twenty

eighty

thirty

feathers

arms

(Shona) zuva

cockroaches

stones

money

pains

mice

maternal grandmother

houses

spears

noses

(Shona) dzinza

languages

bald

grandchild

net

semen

right

noun fire

(Shona) moto

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

broom

groom

husband

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

stories

stomachs

why

rib

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

noun star

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

rotten

verb give

at

float

(Shona) -onda

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

verb pipe

noun burn

(Shona) pisa

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

tongues

axes

crow

monkeys

raise

(Shona) zamu

veins

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

women

brothers-in-law

younger sisters

nine

grandchildren

adjective name

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

toenails

wash self

(Shona) -kanda

wells