Ndau English

dig

(Shona) motsi

male

chew

(Shona) chii

mothers-in-law

knife

give birth

(Shona) murume

mucus

(Shona) nekuti

bag

brown

hole

noun hair (on head of humans)

hit

(Shona) mudzi

dead body

sharpening tools

want

(Shona) -geza

skull

noun knee

verb stand

breathe

(Shona) ino

noun mountain (not hill)

broken, be

guinea fowl

guinea fowls

skulls

pig

arrow

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

throats

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

noun sand (opposite to following)

frog

stick

insect

fast

hard

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

bags

holes

frogs

eagles

forty

fifty

money

nests

ants

branches

teeth

ostriches

pregnant

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

tails

noun man (adult male human)

lizard

arrows

back

(Shona) jenaguru

magic

language

broom

daughter

moons

cows

noun heart

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

snore

(Shona) -fa

adjective good

make

(Shona) musoro

I will give you the money

beards

(Shona) rwizi

pronoun 1.sg I

girl

verb drink

sad

buffalo

bees

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

elephant

watch

(Shona) -sona

at

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

spit

(Shona) -rwa

tired

when

dream

(Shona) tatu

crow

maternal uncles

father-in-law

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

bad

push

(Shona) mutsipa

wool

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

adjective cold (of weather)

people

farmers

hunters

grandchildren

urine

noun breasts (female)

chins

(Shona) denga

impossible