Ndau English

cry

(Shona) amwe

count

(Shona) zhinji

fall

(Shona) -fara

defecate (shit)

(Shona) imwe

chew

(Shona) chii

old people

cockroach

hole

fist

(Shona) -zara

ghost

finger

(Shona) zuva

toe

heel

(Shona) -twasanuka

sharpening tools

adjective small

pronoun all (of a number)

verb dead

short

live

(Shona) mvere

grind

(Shona) hove

noun bone

vagina

powerful

arrow

throat

ripe

noun louse

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

adjective new

he

zebras

sisters-in-law

maternal grandmothers

paternal aunts

worms

years

eighty

in morning

horns

hands

(Shona) -ipa

nests

branches

baboons

roofs

intestines

(Shona) -tsetseka

noun earth (soil)

five hundred

names (family)

seeds

mouse

deaf

lips

(Shona) -rudyi

tails

priest

noun bull

smell

right

language

child

stories

bellies

(Shona) dziva

fingernails

(Shona) -dziya

winter

crocodile

ribs

kudu

kudus

verb drink

meat

silent

stars

thirsty, be

(Shona) -uya

hungry, be

(Shona) uswa

verb give

return

(Shona) -nwa

begin

(Shona) ndi, ini

rub

(Shona) kudya, -dya

heavy

sharpen

(Shona) -ziva

flower

remain

(Shona) chitaka

lion

tie

(Shona) -gara

trap

(Shona) -sumuka, -simuka, -mira

frighten

(Shona) munhu

veins

You see me

at night

brothers

elder brothers

eight

nine

farmers

hundred

noun egg

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Emmanuel Sithole

owl

day before yesterday

boats

little fingers

(Shona) ku, kuna, pa, pana

wells