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ana-ha
verb know (facts)
bookmarkayera
village
bookmarkbhani-kwinkee
maternal aunt
bookmarkbuna
four
bookmarkbushanu
five
bookmarkcam cware-ra
twins
bookmarkcao-ha
fly
bookmarkchuru
adjective cold (of weather)
bookmarkcun
name
bookmarkcwa
child
bookmarkdamu
tortoise
bookmarkdanatsho
girl
bookmarkdebee
salt
bookmarkdhumba
hut
bookmarkdumba
drum
bookmarkdumba xani
roof
bookmarkdzaa
friend
bookmarkdzini kwa tswa
east
bookmarkdzira xao-a
wing
bookmarke-o-wa
in
bookmarkGain
noun mountain (not hill)
bookmarkgcau
hyena
bookmarkgoe
frog
bookmarkgudora
baboons
bookmarkgxam
thorn
bookmarkgxe-tsho
wife
bookmarkgxobo
mud
bookmarkhiba
with
bookmarkhinuka
at
bookmarkhitshe
day
bookmarkhitshe dzini
verb today
bookmarkhumu
noun sand (opposite to following)
bookmarkiyee
hole
bookmarkjubao
garden
bookmarkkae-tsha-tsho
hunter
bookmarkkau
bag
bookmarkkau huku
cock
bookmarkkau tsho
noun man (adult male human)
bookmarkkhuri
pig
bookmarkkohora
animal
bookmarkkoroo
cave
bookmarkkui
verb say
bookmarkkumbu
grave
bookmarkkwe-e
lake
bookmarknamanuka
where
bookmarkncaa
adjective new
bookmarknkabe
giraffe
bookmarkpanana
banana
bookmarkpimboro
mosquito
bookmarkshoko
monkey
bookmarktibhabha
brother
bookmarktiKwinkee
elder sister
bookmarktsaha
noun hot (of weather)
bookmarktsawaha
fat
bookmarktshatsho
elder brother
bookmarktshoo
noun skin (person’s)
bookmarktshwa
noun person (individual human)
bookmarktswaa
elephant
bookmarktunye
adjective round
bookmarkuwe uwaha
dawn
bookmarkuwika
yesterday
bookmarkxhana
valley
bookmarkxharare
adjective many
bookmarkxhoha
adjective dry (substance)
bookmarkxuu
noun tooth (front, rather than molar)
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