Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhara

father

buna

four

cam cware

twin

cam cware-ra

twins

cau

buffalo

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwe-ha

adjective full

damu

tortoise

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dhumba

hut

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ebe

he

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gwi

rope

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

hae

at night

ham

lion

hamu

dust

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

jibe

axe

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

K-a-u

husband

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsawaha

fat

Tsha

men

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwika

yesterday

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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

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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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