Ndau English

cut

(Shona) shoma

high

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

mothers-in-law

sister-in-law

mucus

(Shona) nekuti

basket

boiled

name

verb stone

cage

chin

(Shona) mhute

bat

chest

(Shona) gore

wind

wide

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

noun bone

vagina

ten

thumb

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

chickens

pronoun 2.sg You

noun sand (opposite to following)

Excuse Me

verb (infinitive) rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

fear

(Shona) -kora

verb (infinitive) see

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

bridges

mud

sisters-in-law

fathers

chiefs

sisters

verb gardens

graves

ladders

in morning

verb tomorrow

caves

knives

cockroaches

nests

ducks

verb words

branches

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

spiders

baboons

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

thieves

ostriches

maternal grandmother

trees

tails

enemies

enemy

lightning

noun man (adult male human)

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

smell

younger brother

farmer

hippopotamuses

month

make

(Shona) musoro

stories

Yesterday I saw you

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

because

winter

rib

kudus

bees

dried

freeze

(Shona) murume

at

separated, be

(Shona) -seka

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

remain

(Shona) chitaka

father-in-law

bad

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

urinate (piss)

(Shona) -dvinya

singers

elder sisters

husbands

friends

seven

hunters

yesterday you saw me

yesterday

You’re Welcome

impossible

ant hills