Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

cam cware

twin

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cau

buffalo

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cii

song

cun

name

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

danatsho

girl

dhumba

hut

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzini kwa tswa

east

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

ebe

he

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gwi

rope

gxe cwa

daughter

gxe-tsho

wife

hae

at night

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe dzini

verb today

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

K-a-u

husband

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kumbu

grave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

xhana

valley

xhao

spear

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

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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