Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

cam cware

twin

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cau

buffalo

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

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

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

debee

salt

dzaa

friend

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxam

thorn

gxe-tsho

wife

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

hamu

dust

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

huku

chicken

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

jumba/dumba

house

K-a-u

husband

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kum-kau

ghost

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nkabe

giraffe

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshatsho

elder brother

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

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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