Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bushanu

five

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cau

buffalo

chuii

guinea fowl

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gxam

thorn

gxe-tsho

wife

hamu

dust

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe

day

iyee

hole

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

malempe

bat

mara

mother

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

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

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsawaha

fat

Tsha

men

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsiku

if

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhao

spear

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

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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