Ndau English

I don’t know

old people

paternal uncle

blue

name

verb stone

day after tomorrow

fist

(Shona) -zara

little finger

(Shona) ruboshwe

bat

dead body

noun smoke (of fire)

answer

happy

sky

warthog

adjective small

young

press

(Shona) dumbu

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

worm

valley

eleven

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

noun fish

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

throat

grave

pronoun that

need

(Shona) nzeve

dogs

fast

where

verb (infinitive) see

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

maternal grandmothers

giraffes

vaginas

years

verb tomorrow

twins

north

noun bark (of tree)

butterflies

pains

roofs

excrement

(Shona) gomo

five hundred

animals

farms

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

elder sister

impala

fruit

noun root (botanics)

noun man (adult male human)

lizard

grandchild

noun tree (not log)

noun person (individual human)

another

snore

(Shona) -fa

and

Yesterday I saw you

I gave you the money

stomachs

gold

I will give you the money

noun claw

(Shona) nzara

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

why

crocodiles

verb drink

lake

bee

elephant

adjective dry (substance)

watch

(Shona) -sona

split

(Shona) -vhima

verb pipe

sharp (knife)

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

sick

word

raise

(Shona) zamu

push

(Shona) mutsipa

free

rope

take

(Shona) -chera, -tukumbam

veins

verb come

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

seven

six

verb clean

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

name (family)

yesterday

how many

impossible