Ndau English

catch

(Shona) ani

dig

(Shona) motsi

male

Yesterday I didn’t see you

knife

cockroach

arm

(Shona) -erera

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

little finger

(Shona) ruboshwe

livers

(Shona) mu

noun smoke (of fire)

sharpening tool

answer

sky

warthog

chest

(Shona) gore

noun hot (of weather)

noun green (colour)

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

vagina

year

eleven

true (not false)

skulls

pigs

throat

adjective big

pronoun that

do

(Shona) piri

noun sand (opposite to following)

Excuse Me

stick

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

old

east

noun night

zebras

maternal grandmothers

graves

worms

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

arms

(Shona) zuva

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

caves

butterflies

saliva

mouse

bucks

maternal grandmother

houses

noses

(Shona) dzinza

axe

thighs

singer

spear

cough

(Shona) mhepo

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

son

grandchild

noun person (individual human)

noun fire

(Shona) moto

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun head (anatomic)

husband

cows

snore

(Shona) -fa

claws

noun blood

because

ribs

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

lakes

snakes

freeze

(Shona) murume

watch

(Shona) -sona

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

lungs

(Shona) na-, ne-

sharp (knife)

tired

dream

(Shona) tatu

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

beautiful

wash clothes

(Shona) -pukuta

tie

(Shona) -gara

sell

(Shona) -furidza

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

frighten

(Shona) munhu

veins

eyelashes

(Shona) -chena

husbands

open

(Shona) muromo, mukanwa

phrase he made only a partial marriage payment

(Shona) akabhadhara kusvika padanga chete

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun phrase my name is Emmanuel

(Shona) zita rangu ndiManu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sweat

every

boats

thumbs

rhinoceroses

heels

(Shona) denderedzwa

dead bodies

toes