Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

buna

four

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cau

buffalo

chuii

guinea fowl

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

danatsho

girl

dao-hho

bulls

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gxe-tsho

wife

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

huku

chicken

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

K-a-u

husband

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

mamara

maternal grandmother

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tsiku

if

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

uwe uwaha

dawn

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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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