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buna
four
bookmarkbushanu
five
bookmarkcam cware-ra
twins
bookmarkcao-ha
fly
bookmarkchuii
guinea fowl
bookmarkchuru
adjective cold (of weather)
bookmarkcwa
child
bookmarkcwe-ha
adjective full
bookmarkdamu
tortoise
bookmarkdao-hho
bulls
bookmarkdebee
salt
bookmarkdumba
drum
bookmarkdumba xani
roof
bookmarkdzaa
friend
bookmarkdzin-ra
days
bookmarkdzini kwa tswa
east
bookmarke-o-wa
in
bookmarkebe
he
bookmarkGain
noun mountain (not hill)
bookmarkgcubaa
spider
bookmarkgee
cow
bookmarkgoe
frog
bookmarkgwi
rope
bookmarkgxam
thorn
bookmarkgxe cwa
daughter
bookmarkgxobo
mud
bookmarkhae
at night
bookmarkhiba
with
bookmarkhiba-imjwe
and
bookmarkhinuka
at
bookmarkhuku
chicken
bookmarkhumu
noun sand (opposite to following)
bookmarkiyee
hole
bookmarkjibe
axe
bookmarkjinaa
well
bookmarkjubao
garden
bookmarkkae-tsha-tsho
hunter
bookmarkkaro cwa
son
bookmarkkau
bag
bookmarkkau tsho
noun man (adult male human)
bookmarkkohora
animal
bookmarkkoroo
cave
bookmarkkumbu
grave
bookmarkmamara
maternal grandmother
bookmarkmara
mother
bookmarknamanuka
where
bookmarknarewo
question who?
bookmarknawoka
because
bookmarkngwanaye
three
bookmarknkabe
giraffe
bookmarkpimboro
mosquito
bookmarktebee
lightning
bookmarkthama
grass
bookmarktiKwinkee
elder sister
bookmarktsaha
noun hot (of weather)
bookmarkTsha
men
bookmarktshatsho
elder brother
bookmarktswaa
elephant
bookmarkturuu
rat
bookmarkxhanara
valleys
bookmarkxhao
spear
bookmarkxuu
noun tooth (front, rather than molar)
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