Ndau English

catch

(Shona) ani

count

(Shona) zhinji

arrive

comb

(Shona) sei, -ngani

suck

(Shona) -baya, -junga

there

paternal aunt

yesterday you did not see me

paternal uncle

butterfly

brown

noun hand

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

young bird

salivate

(Shona) -sveta

bleed

(Shona) iwe

hole

tortoise

give greetings

(Shona) amai

chin

(Shona) mhute

dream

thousand

answer

help

(Shona) muchero

adjective small

try

(Shona) -pota

garden

rich

sit down

(Shona) -nhuwidza

crab

wash hair

(Shona) -zvuva, -dhonza

vagina

guinea fowl

hidden

pronoun this

do

(Shona) piri

burn

(Shona) iyo

ill, become

(Shona) ganda

fry

(Shona) mwana

undress

(Shona) -bata, -pfunda

feed

(Shona) -rema

verb (infinitive) rain

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

fight

(Shona) -diki

pull

(Shona) ura, matumbu

baskets

west

noun night

warthogs

giraffes

fat

jackals

bananas

cocks

ladders

noun bark (of tree)

hyenas

five hundred

mice

noun nose

backs

(Shona) mvura

enemies

noun man (adult male human)

noun woman

noun bull

brother-in-law

noun boy

noun tail

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

daughter

month

moons

cows

make

(Shona) musoro

why

kudus

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

verb today

ears

(Shona) dota

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

return

(Shona) -nwa

hot, be

(Shona) ruva

blind

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

death

(Shona) aisi

Dialect: English loanword

crow

maternal grandfather

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

forest

bad

ant

itch

(Shona) -totesa

sew

(Shona) -nzwa

dark

You see me

verb come

priests

husbands

seven

six

hunters

grandchildren

how many