Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhara

father

cam cware

twin

cam cware-ra

twins

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwa

child

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

danatsho

girl

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudo

baboon

gunta

hawk

gxe cwa

daughter

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

ham

lion

hamu

dust

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

hitshe

day

hitshe dzini

verb today

huku

chicken

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jii-du

forest

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jubao

garden

jumba/dumba

house

K-a-u

husband

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koroo

cave

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kumbu

grave

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

malempe

bat

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

ndayi

how

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

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

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsawaha

fat

Tsha

men

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

twinye

adjective good

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xai-hi

verb swim

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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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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