Ndau English

arrive

I did not give you the money

paternal aunt

father

knife

stop

(Shona) -dambura

bag

talk

(Shona) -shambira

save

(Shona) -pfira

ant hill

dead body

sharpening tool

thousand

baboon

skull

chest

(Shona) gore

press

(Shona) dumbu

wide

fences

noun cloud (not fog)

eleven

bark

armpit

(Shona) -gwamba, -tonhodza

adverb not

noun fish

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

chickens

ripe

pronoun that

noun dog

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

pronoun 2.sg You

Excuse Me

throw

(Shona) -zorora

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

verb (infinitive) rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

verb eat

mothers

maternal aunts

sisters

verb gardens

buttocks

(Shona) jecha

thirty

twins

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

wings

saliva

branches

teeth

owls

seeds

dust

raw

penises

smells

noun nose

bald

impala

noun man (adult male human)

grandchild

noun tree (not log)

(Shona) muti

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

verb, transitive farm

younger sister

noun fire

(Shona) moto

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun head (anatomic)

language

thigh

daughter

with

I gave you the money

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

stomach

Please

fishnet

brain

(Shona) nyanza

winter

crocodile

lakes

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

bees

dried

thin

ground

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

heavy

weak

nest

duck

wash hands

(Shona) -sunda, -sandidzira

laugh

(Shona) zai

dark

bowstring

sell

(Shona) -furidza

adjective cold (of weather)

insects

grooms

younger brothers

three

chicken egg

sweat

toenails

wells