Ndau English

copulate (have sex with)

(Shona) ese

arrive

dig

(Shona) motsi

chew

(Shona) chii

suck

(Shona) -baya, -junga

I don’t see you

You did not see me

paternal uncle

cave

put

(Shona) huro

hyena

butterfly

young bird

noun hair (on head of humans)

heel

(Shona) -twasanuka

waist

noun smoke (of fire)

branch

adjective round

noun ash(es)

wind

adjective full

press

(Shona) dumbu

try

(Shona) -pota

verb die

rat

cock

thumb

guinea fowl

guinea fowls

bark (dog)

arrow

ripe

pronoun inclusive we

pronoun 2.sg You

kick

(Shona) nyama

old

fight

(Shona) -diki

maternal aunts

fat

thirty

crows

noun bark (of tree)

hyenas

pipes

money

spiders

teeth

days

penis

trees

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

tails

pregnant, be

(Shona) ibvi

spear

coughs

(Shona) sino

Dialect: English loanword

son-in-law

thorn

broom

husband

daughter

cow

bellies

(Shona) dziva

gold

fingernail

(Shona) gore

fishnet

noun feather (large, not down)

Speaker: Lovemore Mutonga

fly

silent

buffaloes

lie (tell untruth)

(Shona) vhudzi

elephants

scratch

(Shona) -rutsa

think

(Shona) -famba

speak

(Shona) -uraya

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

run

(Shona) -ruma

sick

yawn

(Shona) -imba

grass

itches

(Shona) -omesa, -oma

raise

(Shona) zamu

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

push

(Shona) mutsipa

free

dark

sell

(Shona) -furidza

Goodbye

feet

(Shona) husiku

at night

sons-in-law

nine

hunt

(Shona) tambo

chicken egg

little fingers

(Shona) ku, kuna, pa, pana

better

heels

(Shona) denderedzwa

ant hills

waists

understand

(Shona) -pa