Ndau English

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

choose

(Shona) kupi

I don’t know

You did not see me

knife

cockroach

butterfly

bag

boiled

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

bleed

(Shona) iwe

finger

(Shona) zuva

livers

(Shona) mu

sky

warthog

noun hot (of weather)

try

(Shona) -pota

verb fat

fences

blow

(Shona) a

live

(Shona) mvere

worm

adverb not

sniff

(Shona) -rarama

arrow

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

do

(Shona) piri

adjective new

kidney(s)

(Shona) -tsiura, -ruramisa

they

comb

shoulder

verb eat

frightened

burned

bags

east

mud

chiefs

maternal grandfathers

fat

verb gardens

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

combs

valleys

ninety

ladders

in morning

caves

noun bark (of tree)

pain

baboons

intestines

(Shona) -tsetseka

excrement

(Shona) gomo

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

houses

noun woman

right

old (person)

old person

baby

months

cow

bellies

(Shona) dziva

I will give you the money

why

song

villages

ribs

verb drink

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

sad

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

bee

bees

freeze

(Shona) murume

thin

be blind

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

forest

bad

noun bird

play

(Shona) tsoka

Goodbye

eyelash

(Shona) -yero

noun foot (not leg)

noun red (colour)

bow

priests

sons-in-law

farmers

daughters-in-law

ghosts

boats

fingers

(Shona) -tonhora

how many

bats

wash self

(Shona) -kanda

toes