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

bushanu

five

cam cware

twin

cam cware-ra

twins

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

chuii

guinea fowl

cun

name

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dzin-ra

days

dzira xao-a

wing

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gwi

rope

gxam

thorn

gxe cwa

daughter

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ham

lion

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

hitshe dzini

verb today

huku

chicken

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jinaa

well

K-a-u

husband

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo cwa

son

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kumbu

grave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

malempe

bat

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

tibhabha

brother

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshwan ira

all

tsiku

if

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwika

yesterday

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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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