Ndau English

cook

(Shona) kwete

count

(Shona) zhinji

dig

(Shona) motsi

choose

(Shona) kupi

male

escape

(Shona) -reba

I will not give you the money

Tomorrow I will not see you

receive

(Shona) chifuva

bridge

bleed

(Shona) iwe

finger

(Shona) zuva

waist

cheek

(Shona) huruva

near

adjective small

wind

ankle

(Shona) -tamba

ankles

(Shona) -papama

press

(Shona) dumbu

try

(Shona) -pota

verb dead

blow

(Shona) a

garden

verb sit

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

hip

(Shona) -pinza

crab

backbones

(Shona) nyeredzi

noun bone

ten

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

louse, head

burn

(Shona) iyo

pronoun 2.sg You

testicle

Excuse Me

fight

(Shona) -diki

burned

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

baskets

holes

fathers

maternal grandfathers

eyes

(Shona) -dema

worms

seventy

armpits

(Shona) -zvimba

pain

ducks

spiders

roofs

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

mice

ostrich

paternal grandmother

pregnant

nets

smells

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

languages

thighs

necks

(Shona) zita

brooms

son

old person

I know

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

crocodiles

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

kudus

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

watch

(Shona) -sona

at

float

(Shona) -onda

split

(Shona) -vhima

wing

sharp (knife)

blind

maternal uncle

grass

word

wool

vein

noun red (colour)

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

brothers-in-law

babies

friends

phrase he made only a partial marriage payment

(Shona) akabhadhara kusvika padanga chete

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

adjective name

sweat

boats

thumbs

swell

(Shona) -kwenya, -kwara

rhinoceroses

bats

better

wells

waists