Ndau English

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

arrive

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

high

close

(Shona) rini

give birth

(Shona) murume

born, be

(Shona) ti

cockroach

bag

bridge

arm

(Shona) -erera

noun hand

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

drum

want

(Shona) -geza

happy

spider

skull

near

young

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

blow

(Shona) a

worm

fifteen

guinea fowls

chickens

adjective big

hidden

grave

pronoun that

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

pronoun 2.sg You

stick

comb

west

mud

maternal aunts

verb gardens

vaginas

rats

thirty

ladder

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

wings

vomit

pains

nests

thief

thieves

mouse

elder sister

in

fruit

brother

lizard

noun tree (not log)

(Shona) muti

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

smell

semen

salt

thorn

some

cows

adjective good

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

crocodiles

rib

kudus

mosquito

fly

daughters

bees

dried

freeze

(Shona) murume

squeeze

(Shona) -rova, -bhura

verb pipe

lung

(Shona) ne

sharp

think

(Shona) -famba

tongues

vomit

(Shona) -kwiza

father-in-law

little

wash clothes

(Shona) -pukuta

sister

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

noun foot (not leg)

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

killed, be

(Shona) ropa

priests

wives

brothers-in-law

urine

obey

(Shona) mhuno

noun yellow (colour)

adjective name

name (family)

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

hats

toenails

heels

(Shona) denderedzwa

verb hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole