Ndau English

adjective many

paternal grandfathers

I will not give you the money

paternal grandfather

cockroach

blue

young bird

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

noun hair (on head of humans)

hit

(Shona) mudzi

noun white (colour)

hat

chin

(Shona) mhute

summer

dream

chest

(Shona) gore

adjective small

zebra

press

(Shona) dumbu

verb dead

smell

(Shona) -tya

crab

twelve

bark

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

fish(es)

chickens

he

noun sand (opposite to following)

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

verb eat

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

west

maternal grandfathers

giraffes

hips

(Shona) -gomara

mother

years

fifty

verb tomorrow

twin

caves

knives

vomit

flowers

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

baboons

intestines

(Shona) -tsetseka

noun earth (soil)

owls

houses

hut

lizards

trees

impala

priest

noun woman

noun mouth

cough

(Shona) mhepo

female

noun fire

(Shona) moto

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

daughter-in-law

noun water

hippopotamus

snore

(Shona) -fa

stomach

Tomorrow I will see you

blunt (knife)

crocodile

mosquitoes

dried

freeze

(Shona) murume

watch

(Shona) -sona

split

(Shona) -vhima

sharp

sharp (knife)

think

(Shona) -famba

speak

(Shona) -uraya

tongues

beautiful

maternal grandfather

grass

monkeys

lion

sweet

wet, become

(Shona) -verenga, -rava

feet

(Shona) husiku

honey

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

sons-in-law

husbands

farmers

three

hunters

yesterday you saw me

verb clean

correct

swell

(Shona) -kwenya, -kwara

dreams

verb hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole