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ana-ha
verb know (facts)
bookmarkayera
village
bookmarkbhara
father
bookmarkbuna
four
bookmarkcau
buffalo
bookmarkchuii
guinea fowl
bookmarkcii
song
bookmarkcun
name
bookmarkcwa
child
bookmarkDa-o
verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)
bookmarkdebee
salt
bookmarkdhumba
hut
bookmarkdumba
drum
bookmarkdumba xani
roof
bookmarkdzaa
friend
bookmarkdzini kwa tswa
east
bookmarkebe
he
bookmarkGain
noun mountain (not hill)
bookmarkgcau
hyena
bookmarkgee
cow
bookmarkgoe
frog
bookmarkgudora
baboons
bookmarkgunta
hawk
bookmarkgwi
rope
bookmarkgxe cwa
daughter
bookmarkgxobo
mud
bookmarkhae
at night
bookmarkhamu
dust
bookmarkhiba
with
bookmarkhiba-imjwe
and
bookmarkhitshe
day
bookmarkhuku
chicken
bookmarkhumu
noun sand (opposite to following)
bookmarkiyee
hole
bookmarkjinaa
well
bookmarkjubao
garden
bookmarkjumba/dumba
house
bookmarkkae-tsha-tsho
hunter
bookmarkkaro
noun boy
bookmarkkaro cwa
son
bookmarkkau
bag
bookmarkkhuri
pig
bookmarkkue
leopard
bookmarkkum-kau
ghost
bookmarkkumbu
grave
bookmarkkwe-e
lake
bookmarkkwee
river
bookmarkmalempe
bat
bookmarkmara
mother
bookmarknarewo
question who?
bookmarknawoka
because
bookmarkncaa
adjective new
bookmarkncuun
noun hair (on head of humans)
bookmarkne gxe tshwa
noun woman
bookmarkpanana
banana
bookmarkthama
grass
bookmarktibhabha
brother
bookmarktshoo
noun skin (person’s)
bookmarktshu-cwan
baby
bookmarktshwa
noun person (individual human)
bookmarktsiku
if
bookmarktunye
adjective round
bookmarktwinye
adjective good
bookmarkxhao
spear
bookmarkxharare
adjective many
bookmarkxuu
noun tooth (front, rather than molar)
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