Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

buna

four

bushanu

five

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwarera

children

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

damu

tortoise

danatsho

girl

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dumba xani

roof

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gee

cow

goe

frog

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxam

thorn

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

hae

at night

ham

lion

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe

day

hitshe dzini

verb today

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kumbu

grave

kwee

river

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

nkabe

giraffe

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

shoko

monkey

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsawaha

fat

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwe uwaha

dawn

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

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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