Ndau English

cook

(Shona) kwete

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

other

male

put

(Shona) huro

mucus

(Shona) nekuti

pay

(Shona) rurimi

bag

hat

boat

noun liver

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

livers

(Shona) mu

dead body

noun smoke (of fire)

sharpening tool

cheek

(Shona) huruva

spider

drunk, get

(Shona) shanu

ankles

(Shona) -papama

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

pronoun all (of a number)

giraffe

live

(Shona) mvere

twelve

pig

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

bark (dog)

noun louse

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

Excuse Me

hard

bridges

mud

hips

(Shona) -gomara

shoulders

vaginas

forty

thirty

knives

cockroaches

branches

baboons

noun earth (soil)

seven hundred

teeth

seeds

ostriches

animals

dust

houses

huts

bulls

lizards

noses

(Shona) dzinza

tails

languages

impalas

noun root (botanics)

noun man (adult male human)

(Shona) murume

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

milk

(Shona) dai, nana, kana

spear

net

female

farmer

hunter

daughter

stories

crocodile

orphan

rib

ocean, sea

snakes

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

noun ear

(Shona) nzeve

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

elephant

watch

(Shona) -sona

ground

turn

(Shona) -wa, -donha

find

(Shona) -pfupi

verb pipe

lungs

(Shona) na-, ne-

adjective long (not ’wide’)

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

maternal uncles

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

all

sweet

sell

(Shona) -furidza

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

priests

husbands

verb clean

chicken egg

sweat

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

little fingers

(Shona) ku, kuna, pa, pana

swell

(Shona) -kwenya, -kwara

sticks

wash self

(Shona) -kanda