Ndau English

I will not give you the money

I don’t see you

paternal uncle

born, be

(Shona) ti

blue

brown

rock

livers

(Shona) mu

sharpening tools

baboon

chest

(Shona) gore

adjective small

noun eye

sing

(Shona) -funga

live

(Shona) mvere

grind

(Shona) hove

noun mountain (not hill)

fourteen

sneeze

(Shona) -rara

chickens

bark (dog)

arrow

bury

(Shona) pano

he

insect

comb

throw

(Shona) -zorora

old

verb eat

fear

(Shona) -kora

bridges

fat

maternal aunt

jackals

crabs

worms

verb tomorrow

north

arms

(Shona) zuva

hands

(Shona) -ipa

heads

(Shona) -ora (rot)

pipes

wings

malaria

money

pain

nests

baboons

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

mother-in-law

thorns

noses

(Shona) dzinza

languages

noun man (adult male human)

noun mouth

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

elder brother

brother-in-law

son-in-law

noun tree (not log)

(Shona) muti

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

verb, transitive farm

smell

thorn

right

noun fire

(Shona) moto

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

back

(Shona) jenaguru

magic

daughter

month

cows

adjective good

bellies

(Shona) dziva

blunt (knife)

fishnets

winter

ribs

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

buffalo

dry

think

(Shona) -famba

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

tired

axes

monkeys

dirty

play

(Shona) tsoka

bowstring

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

You see me

men

friends

urine

yesterday

correct

fists

(Shona) -itsva

thumbs

swell

(Shona) -kwenya, -kwara

now

heels

(Shona) denderedzwa

waists