Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

buna

four

bushanu

five

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cau

buffalo

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cii

song

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)

damu

tortoise

danatsho

girl

dao-hho

bulls

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcau

hyena

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gunta

hawk

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ham

lion

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe dzini

verb today

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

koroo

cave

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kumbu

grave

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

malempe

bat

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

ndayi

how

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nkabe

giraffe

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsiku

if

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

xhoree

noun claw

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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