Ndau English

catch

(Shona) ani

cut

(Shona) shoma

fall

(Shona) -fara

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

escape

(Shona) -reba

I don’t see you

verb sleep

yesterday you did not see me

pay

(Shona) rurimi

talk

(Shona) -shambira

left

bleed

(Shona) iwe

hole

give greetings

(Shona) amai

near

noun hot (of weather)

thick

blow

(Shona) a

grind

(Shona) hove

noun green (colour)

ten

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

true (not false)

chicken

hidden

dogs

they

pronoun 2.sg You

noun sand (opposite to following)

Excuse Me

fry

(Shona) mwana

feed

(Shona) -rema

far

frightened

bags

sisters-in-law

fathers

paternal grandmothers

combs

bananas

sixty

horns

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

wings

flowers

ants

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

mouse

dust

noun nose

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

brooms

priest

diarrhea

(Shona) moto

spear

cough

(Shona) mhepo

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

grandchild

younger sister

thorn

groom

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

gold

noun claw

(Shona) nzara

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

toenail

crocodiles

slow

ribs

fly

daughters

sad

ocean, sea

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

snakes

dried

adjective dry (substance)

here

float

(Shona) -onda

ground

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

spit

(Shona) -rwa

verb pipe

think

(Shona) -famba

heavy

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

remain

(Shona) chitaka

maternal uncles

all

monkeys

few

lion

lions

leave

(Shona) nyanga

dark

feet

(Shona) husiku

week

noun egg

every day

thumbs

possible