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

bhara

father

buna

four

bushanu

five

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cau

buffalo

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzira xao-a

wing

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxe cwa

daughter

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hae

at night

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe dzini

verb today

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

kohora

animal

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kumbu

grave

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ndayi

how

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsawaha

fat

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsini

noun smoke (of fire)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tu

noun rain

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

uwika

yesterday

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xwee

verb lie (on side, recline)

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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