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ana-ha
verb know (facts)
bookmarkbhani-kwinkee
maternal aunt
bookmarkbhara
father
bookmarkbuna
four
bookmarkcao-ha
fly
bookmarkcau
buffalo
bookmarkchuii
guinea fowl
bookmarkchuru
adjective cold (of weather)
bookmarkcii
song
bookmarkcwa
child
bookmarkcwi
alone
bookmarkdanatsho
girl
bookmarkdao-hho
bulls
bookmarkdoxo
stick
bookmarkdumba xani
roof
bookmarkdzaa
friend
bookmarkdzin-ra
days
bookmarkgoe
frog
bookmarkgudo
baboon
bookmarkgwi
rope
bookmarkgxam
thorn
bookmarkgxe cwa
daughter
bookmarkgxe-tsho
wife
bookmarkhabhe
adverb not
bookmarkhae
at night
bookmarkham
lion
bookmarkhiba
with
bookmarkhiba-imjwe
and
bookmarkhitshe
day
bookmarkhuku
chicken
bookmarkhumu
noun sand (opposite to following)
bookmarkjibe
axe
bookmarkka-u
noun bull
bookmarkkae-tsha-tsho
hunter
bookmarkkaro
noun boy
bookmarkkau
bag
bookmarkkau huku
cock
bookmarkkau tsho
noun man (adult male human)
bookmarkkhuri
pig
bookmarkkoroo
cave
bookmarkkue
leopard
bookmarkkum-kau
ghost
bookmarkkwe-e
lake
bookmarkmalempe
bat
bookmarkmamara
maternal grandmother
bookmarkmara
mother
bookmarknarewo
question who?
bookmarknawoka
because
bookmarkncuun
noun hair (on head of humans)
bookmarkndayi
how
bookmarkngwanaye
three
bookmarkpanana
banana
bookmarkpimboro
mosquito
bookmarktaka
noun blood
bookmarkthama
grass
bookmarktibhabha
brother
bookmarktiKwinkee
elder sister
bookmarktsaha
noun hot (of weather)
bookmarktshoo
noun skin (person’s)
bookmarktshu-cwan
baby
bookmarktshwa
noun person (individual human)
bookmarkturuu
rat
bookmarkuwa
verb tomorrow
bookmarkuwe uwaha
dawn
bookmarkuwika
yesterday
bookmarkxhanara
valleys
bookmarkxhoha
adjective dry (substance)
bookmarkxuu
noun tooth (front, rather than molar)
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