Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

aha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ana-ha

verb know (facts)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

buna

four

bushanu

five

cam cware

twin

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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

cun

name

cwa

child

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

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

dumba

drum

dzaa

friend

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcubaa

spider

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

jibe

axe

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

K-a-u

husband

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau huku

cock

khuri

pig

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

kumbu

grave

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

nawoka

because

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

pimboro

mosquito

shoko

monkey

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tikwa boka

Thank You

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

Tsha

men

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

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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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