Ndau English

catch

(Shona) ani

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

cook

(Shona) kwete

count

(Shona) zhinji

dig

(Shona) motsi

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

high

chew

(Shona) chii

question who?

I don’t see you

You did not see me

yesterday you did not see me

paternal grandfather

brown

talk

(Shona) -shambira

left

drum

cage

bat

branch

cheek

(Shona) huruva

roof

drunk, be

(Shona) china

chest

(Shona) gore

noun ash(es)

zebra

verb die

jackal

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

verb walk

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

guinea fowl

verb swim

(Shona) sambira

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

skulls

fish(es)

hidden

ripe

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

leopard

banana

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

far

where

burned

baskets

young birds

frogs

giraffes

vaginas

valleys

ninety

north

knives

verb words

chicken eggs

white ants (termites)

spears

bulls

lizards

noses

(Shona) dzinza

backs

(Shona) mvura

diarrhea

(Shona) moto

brother-in-law

net

noun tree (not log)

noun person (individual human)

(Shona) munhu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

semen

groom

noun moon

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

and

I eat quails

(Shona) ndinodya zvihuta

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

fingernail

(Shona) gore

toenail

noun blood

songs

kudu

daughters

verb drink

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

noun ear

(Shona) nzeve

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

split

(Shona) -vhima

spit

(Shona) -rwa

lungs

(Shona) na-, ne-

deaths

(Shona) hutsi

tongues

duck

all

noun bird

leave

(Shona) nyanga

bowstring

noun foot (not leg)

noun red (colour)

send

(Shona) -fema

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

elder brothers

elder sisters

brothers-in-law

noun breasts (female)

owl

chins

(Shona) denga

impossible