Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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au

noun fish

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

bhara

father

buna

four

bushanu

five

cam cware

twin

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

chuii

guinea fowl

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwa

child

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

dao-hho

bulls

debee

salt

dumba

drum

dzin-ra

days

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

ebe

he

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcau

hyena

gee

cow

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gxe cwa

daughter

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

habhe

adverb not

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hhoni iye

pronoun all (of a number)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hitshe

day

hitshe dzini

verb today

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jii-du

forest

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kari

noun root (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo cwa

son

kau tsho

noun man (adult male human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

kue

leopard

kumbu

grave

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwe-e

lake

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

taka

noun blood

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tan

verb fly

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tani

verb stand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tebee

lightning

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tiya

pronoun 1.sg I

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshai

noun eye

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshu-cwan

baby

tsiku

if

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tunye

adjective round

twinye

adjective good

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

uwika

yesterday

xai-hi

verb swim

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhoha

adjective dry (substance)

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

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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