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

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

buna

four

bushanu

five

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

danatsho

girl

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dumba

drum

dumba xani

roof

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ebe

he

Gain

noun mountain (not hill)

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcubaa

spider

gee

cow

gloe

adjective big

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gunta

hawk

gwi

rope

gxe cwa

daughter

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe

day

huku

chicken

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

iyee

hole

jii-du

forest

jinaa

well

jumba/dumba

house

K-a-u

husband

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

kau

bag

kau huku

cock

koroo

cave

kue

leopard

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

mara

mother

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nyu

verb eat

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

shoko

monkey

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsawaha

fat

Tsha

men

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

twinye

adjective good

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xuu

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

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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