Ndau English

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

paternal grandfathers

paternal uncles

question who?

Yesterday I didn’t see you

I did not give you the money

paternal aunt

sister-in-law

father

paternal grandfather

paternal uncle

pay

(Shona) rurimi

drum

elbow

(Shona) -pisa

bat

heel

(Shona) -twasanuka

baboon

adjective round

verb lie (on side, recline)

flow

(Shona) mukadzi

thick

noun bone

vagina

pronoun this

pronoun that

pronoun inclusive we

pronoun 2.sg You

west

sisters-in-law

fathers

maternal aunts

sisters

paternal aunts

maternal aunt

mother

cocks

thirty

in morning

horns

wings

malaria

ants

chests

(Shona) fuva

Dialect: Manyika loanwoard

owls

bucks

buck

verb fly

(Shona) bhururuka

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

milk

(Shona) dai, nana, kana

son

younger brother

younger sister

semen

prepare

(Shona) ruoko

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

Yesterday I saw you

I gave you the money

pronoun 1.sg I

slow

orphan

silent

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

float

(Shona) -onda

wing

lung

(Shona) ne

lungs

(Shona) na-, ne-

noun tongue (anatomical)

(Shona) rurimi

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

ant

free

sister

Goodbye

sons

friends

three

owl

every day

correct

You’re Welcome

elbows

(Shona) rhodhi

bats

heels

(Shona) denderedzwa