Ndau English

paternal grandfathers

mothers-in-law

I did not give you the money

father

give birth

(Shona) murume

pay

(Shona) rurimi

talk

(Shona) -shambira

hole

save

(Shona) -pfira

tortoise

boat

finger

(Shona) zuva

answer

sky

noun knee

adjective full

verb lie (on side, recline)

press

(Shona) dumbu

sing

(Shona) -funga

go

(Shona) baba

verb fat

short

giraffe

garden

broken, be

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

ripe

do

(Shona) piri

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

they

he

throw

(Shona) -zorora

shoulder

leopard

feed

(Shona) -rema

verb eat

bags

hips

(Shona) -gomara

vaginas

ninety

saliva

spiders

mother-in-law

thief

mice

bucks

buck

paternal grandmother

bulls

pregnant

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun man (adult male human)

cough

(Shona) mhepo

brother

smell

younger sister

right

farmer

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

language

husband

hearts

(Shona) -asviba

gold

beards

(Shona) rwizi

I see you

Tomorrow I will see you

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

village

kudu

flies

sad

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

buffaloes

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

verb pipe

numeral two

noun burn

(Shona) pisa

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

heavy

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

run

(Shona) -ruma

father-in-law

pythons

laugh

(Shona) zai

ant

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

insects

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

sons-in-law

nine

week

hunt

(Shona) tambo

chicken egg

adjective name

tortoises

little fingers

(Shona) ku, kuna, pa, pana

sticks

dead bodies