Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bushanu

five

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cau

buffalo

chuii

guinea fowl

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cwa

child

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

dumba

drum

dzaa

friend

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcubaa

spider

goe

frog

gwi

rope

gxam

thorn

gxe cwa

daughter

gxobo

mud

hae

at night

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

huku

chicken

iyee

hole

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

jumba/dumba

house

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kum-kau

ghost

kumbu

grave

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

shoko

monkey

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwan ira

all

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

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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