Ndau English

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

enter

(Shona) -hombe

I don’t know

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

dream

answer

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

valley

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

baskets

bridges

young birds

combs

eagles

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

hyenas

pipes

stones

saliva

roofs

paternal grandmother

noun root (botanics)

singer

son

hippopotamus

groom

months

noun heart

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

village

mosquito

buffalo

verb pipe

lung

(Shona) ne

remain

(Shona) chitaka

duck

Goodbye

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

at night

sons

husbands

babies

noun breasts (female)

yesterday

hats

possible

wash self

(Shona) -kanda