Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhara

father

buna

four

bushanu

five

cam cware

twin

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

dao-hho

bulls

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzin-ra

days

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gxam

thorn

gxobo

mud

hae

at night

ham

lion

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jinaa

well

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

K-a-u

husband

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

kau

bag

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

malempe

bat

mara

mother

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsawaha

fat

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

uwika

yesterday

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xuu

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xwee

verb lie (on side, recline)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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Dictionary produced by Davy Ndlovu, Admire Phiri, Ngcoli Sibanda, Dr. Jeffrey Wills, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2014).
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how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S., Davy Ndlovu, Admire Phiri, Ngcoli Sibanda, Jeffrey Wills and K. David Harrison. 2014. Tjwao Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/tjwao

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