Ndau English

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

paternal grandfathers

mothers-in-law

lie (down)

(Shona) muswe

verb sleep

father

hold

(Shona) gwati

mucus

(Shona) nekuti

rock

drunk, be

(Shona) china

warthog

wind

press

(Shona) dumbu

try

(Shona) -pota

wash hair

(Shona) -zvuva, -dhonza

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

twelve

chicken

bark (dog)

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

he

insect

feed

(Shona) -rema

verb (infinitive) rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

where

verb (infinitive) see

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

young birds

holes

fathers

chiefs

giraffes

graves

jackals

eighty

seventy

sixty

in morning

twin

twins

knives

intestines

(Shona) -tsetseka

ostrich

axe

backs

(Shona) mvura

impala

noun man (adult male human)

noun bull

noun person (individual human)

right

farmer

lip

(Shona) -kure

thigh

baby

noun moon

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

cow

hearts

(Shona) -asviba

and

I gave you the money

stomachs

fingernail

(Shona) gore

brain

(Shona) nyanza

crocodile

crocodiles

slow

ribs

flies

sad

lakes

freeze

(Shona) murume

rotten

wing

sharp (knife)

noun burn

(Shona) pisa

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

throw away

(Shona) -garira

heavy

dream

(Shona) tatu

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

python

little

free

sweet

feet

(Shona) husiku

rainbow

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

singers

men

grooms

eight

people

younger sisters

nine

three

hunt

(Shona) tambo

verb clean

obey

(Shona) mhuno

adjective name

tortoises

thumbs

toenails

little fingers

(Shona) ku, kuna, pa, pana