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ana-ha
verb know (facts)
bookmarkayera
village
bookmarkbhani-kwinkee
maternal aunt
bookmarkbuna
four
bookmarkcam cware
twin
bookmarkcao-ha
fly
bookmarkcau
buffalo
bookmarkchuru
adjective cold (of weather)
bookmarkcii
song
bookmarkcwa
child
bookmarkcwarera
children
bookmarkdao-hho
bulls
bookmarkdebee
salt
bookmarkdhumba
hut
bookmarkdumba
drum
bookmarkdzaa
friend
bookmarkdzin-ra
days
bookmarkdzini kwa tswa
east
bookmarkebe
he
bookmarkgcaa
noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)
bookmarkgcubaa
spider
bookmarkgee
cow
bookmarkgxe-tsho
wife
bookmarkgxobo
mud
bookmarkhabhe
adverb not
bookmarkhamu
dust
bookmarkhiba
with
bookmarkhiba-imjwe
and
bookmarkhitshe
day
bookmarkhitshe dzini
verb today
bookmarkhumu
noun sand (opposite to following)
bookmarkjii-du
forest
bookmarkjinaa
well
bookmarkjumba/dumba
house
bookmarkka-u
noun bull
bookmarkkae-tsha-tsho
hunter
bookmarkkaro
noun boy
bookmarkkaro cwa
son
bookmarkkau huku
cock
bookmarkkau tsho
noun man (adult male human)
bookmarkkoroo
cave
bookmarkkue
leopard
bookmarkkum-kau
ghost
bookmarkkumbu
grave
bookmarkkwe-e
lake
bookmarkmalempe
bat
bookmarkmamara
maternal grandmother
bookmarkmara
mother
bookmarknamatsho
when
bookmarknawoka
because
bookmarkncuun
noun hair (on head of humans)
bookmarkne gxe tshwa
noun woman
bookmarkngwanaye
three
bookmarknkabe
giraffe
bookmarktaka
noun blood
bookmarkthama
grass
bookmarktsaha
noun hot (of weather)
bookmarktsawaha
fat
bookmarktshoo
noun skin (person’s)
bookmarktshwa
noun person (individual human)
bookmarktshwan ira
all
bookmarktshwan-ira
you (pl)
bookmarkturuu
rat
bookmarkuwika
yesterday
bookmarkxhana
valley
bookmarkxhao
spear
bookmarkxharare
adjective many
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