Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

buna

four

cau

buffalo

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cii

song

cun

name

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzira xao-a

wing

e-o-wa

in

ebe

he

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxam

thorn

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe dzini

verb today

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jubao

garden

jumba/dumba

house

K-a-u

husband

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kumbu

grave

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsawaha

fat

Tsha

men

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

xam

verb hear

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

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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