Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

bhara

father

buna

four

cam cware

twin

cam cware-ra

twins

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

danatsho

girl

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dzaa

friend

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gee

cow

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

hae

at night

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe dzini

verb today

huku

chicken

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kumbu

grave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ndayi

how

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tikwa boka

Thank You

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhanara

valleys

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

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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