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

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

bhara

father

cam cware

twin

cau

buffalo

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

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

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

danatsho

girl

dao-hho

bulls

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzira xao-a

wing

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ham

lion

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe dzini

verb today

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

K-a-u

husband

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

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 huku

cock

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

kohora

animal

kue

leopard

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kum-kau

ghost

kumbu

grave

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsawaha

fat

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwan ira

all

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xharare

adjective many

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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