Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

buna

four

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwe-ha

adjective full

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

debee

salt

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzira xao-a

wing

e-o-wa

in

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gee

cow

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gunta

hawk

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe

day

hitshe dzini

verb today

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

K-a-u

husband

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kum-kau

ghost

kumbu

grave

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

pimboro

mosquito

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

uwika

yesterday

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhanara

valleys

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xhoree

noun claw

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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