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

ayera

village

bhabhara

maternal grandfather

bhara

father

bushanu

five

cam cware

twin

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cau

buffalo

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwan

noun bone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

danatsho

girl

dao-hho

bulls

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

ebe

he

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gee

cow

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxe cwa

daughter

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

hae

at night

ham

lion

hamu

dust

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba-imjwe

and

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

ka-u

noun bull

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

karoo

verb stone

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

khuri

pig

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kum-kau

ghost

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

tikwa boka

Thank You

tsaa

noun water

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshoo

noun skin (person’s)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

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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