Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

cam cware

twin

cam cware-ra

twins

cau

buffalo

chuii

guinea fowl

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwa

child

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

damu

tortoise

dao-hho

bulls

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dzaa

friend

dzira xao-a

wing

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gee

cow

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gxam

thorn

gxe-tsho

wife

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

jumba/dumba

house

K-a-u

husband

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo cwa

son

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kum-kau

ghost

kumbu

grave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

ndayi

how

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsawaha

fat

Tsha

men

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwika

yesterday

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xuu

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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All content copyright © Tjwao community. (2014)
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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