Ndau English

cook

(Shona) kwete

chew

(Shona) chii

paternal grandfathers

I will not give you the money

Tomorrow I will not see you

verb sleep

yesterday you did not see me

mucus

(Shona) nekuti

boiled

hole

toe

heel

(Shona) -twasanuka

want

(Shona) -geza

spider

adjective round

deep

adjective full

noun eye

short

eagle

ten

twelve

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

chicken

need

(Shona) nzeve

noun louse

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

louse, head

they

huge

young birds

warthogs

maternal grandmothers

paternal grandmothers

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

graves

mother

combs

mountains

ninety

sixty

hyenas

cockroaches

money

legs

(Shona) -pedo

baboons

seeds

mouse

animal

spears

noses

(Shona) dzinza

languages

elder sister

enemy

white ant (termite)

awake

elder brother

grandchild

noun tree (not log)

friend

noun person (individual human)

(Shona) munhu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

younger brother

thigh

noun moon

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cows

Please

fishnet

because

crocodile

daughters

bees

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

find

(Shona) -pfupi

sharp (knife)

heat

(Shona) rutanda

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

how

maternal grandfather

raise

(Shona) zamu

wash clothes

(Shona) -pukuta

sweet

dirty

sister

wool

bowstring

veins

noun foot (not leg)

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

bow

verb come

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

singers

brothers

husbands

urine

noun breasts (female)

You’re Welcome

verb, intransitive drums

boats

dreams

verb hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole