Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cun

name

cwa

child

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dzaa

friend

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudora

baboons

gxam

thorn

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

hae

at night

ham

lion

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

huku

chicken

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

K-a-u

husband

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsawaha

fat

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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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