Ndau English

chew

(Shona) chii

question who?

Yesterday I didn’t see you

verb sleep

sister-in-law

born, be

(Shona) ti

butterfly

boiled

name

noun hair (on head of humans)

save

(Shona) -pfira

cage

chin

(Shona) mhute

livers

(Shona) mu

waist

want

(Shona) -geza

chest

(Shona) gore

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

smell

(Shona) -tya

eagle

broken, be

strong

adjective big

grave

dogs

noun louse

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

adjective new

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

stick

throw

(Shona) -zorora

leopard

hard

far

baskets

frogs

jackals

worms

eighty

ninety

wings

legs

(Shona) -pedo

verb words

weeks

teeth

days

noun seed

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

mouse

raw

lizards

thighs

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

elder sister

spear

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

noun tree (not log)

noun person (individual human)

(Shona) munhu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

arrows

language

noun water

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

stomachs

I eat quails

(Shona) ndinodya zvihuta

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun blood

crocodiles

meat

verb today

sad

noun ear

(Shona) nzeve

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

ears

(Shona) dota

adjective dry (substance)

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

verb pipe

sharp (knife)

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

dream

(Shona) tatu

python

lions

wash clothes

(Shona) -pukuta

sweet

wool

tear

(Shona) -mbururuka

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

feet

(Shona) husiku

insects

priests

elder sisters

eight

six

three

daughters-in-law

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

noun yellow (colour)

hundred

yesterday

many

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

wash self

(Shona) -kanda

wells