Ndau English

cook

(Shona) kwete

cry

(Shona) amwe

dig

(Shona) motsi

fall

(Shona) -fara

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

adjective many

receive

(Shona) chifuva

sister-in-law

bleed

(Shona) iwe

noun white (colour)

dead body

help

(Shona) muchero

adjective small

noun ash(es)

press

(Shona) dumbu

verb fat

short

blow

(Shona) a

jackal

crab

noun green (colour)

worm

year

broken, be

eleven

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

bark (dog)

grave

pronoun that

dogs

frog

fry

(Shona) mwana

leopard

far

verb eat

scared

zebras

fathers

fat

combs

crabs

forty

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

knives

legs

(Shona) -pedo

excrement

(Shona) gomo

chicken eggs

teeth

days

deaf

houses

hut

spears

bulls

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

lightning

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

in

fruit

noun root (botanics)

white ant (termite)

friend

smell

magic

make

(Shona) musoro

Yesterday I saw you

beards

(Shona) rwizi

I see you

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

why

orphan

sad

lakes

buffalo

buffaloes

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

stars

elephant

wing

adjective long (not ’wide’)

dream

(Shona) tatu

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

grass

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

dirty

play

(Shona) tsoka

sell

(Shona) -furidza

Goodbye

veins

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

children

seven

elderly

urine

noun sun

correct

impossible