Ndau English

alone

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

close

(Shona) rini

escape

(Shona) -reba

bag

cooked

finger

(Shona) zuva

dead body

happy

spider

noun ash(es)

press

(Shona) dumbu

verb sit

jackal

noun mountain (not hill)

rat

broken, be

twelve

strong

adverb not

guinea fowls

fish(es)

arrow

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

grave

pronoun that

they

testicle

jackals

bananas

worms

crows

hands

(Shona) -ipa

hyenas

malaria

pain

cheeks

(Shona) ivhu, pasi

spiders

mother-in-law

penis

smells

noses

(Shona) dzinza

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

axe

backs

(Shona) mvura

thighs

elder sister

milk

(Shona) dai, nana, kana

lizard

brother-in-law

noun person (individual human)

(Shona) munhu

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

noun head (anatomic)

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

thigh

broom

some

prepared, be

(Shona) bapiro

story

Yesterday I saw you

stomach

fishnet

why

winter

daughters

sad

ocean, sea

dried

freeze

(Shona) murume

watch

(Shona) -sona

thin

lung

(Shona) ne

adjective long (not ’wide’)

sick

maternal grandfather

grass

pythons

push

(Shona) mutsipa

sister

vein

feet

(Shona) husiku

gather

(Shona) mudzimai

verb come

poor, be

(Shona) gumbo

women

husbands

children

four

daughters-in-law

chicken egg

name (family)

know each other

(Shona) mafuta

owl

yesterday

many

tortoises

how many

bats

ant hills

verb hear

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

understand

(Shona) -pa