Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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aba

noun dog

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ayera

village

bhani-kwinkee

maternal aunt

bhara

father

buna

four

cam cware

twin

cam cware-ra

twins

came

numeral two

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cham curi

noun seed

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

churu

adjective cold (of weather)

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cun

name

cwarera

children

cwe-ha

adjective full

cwi

alone

cwi-e

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwiye

numeral one

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Da-o

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

damu

tortoise

dao-hho

bulls

dhao-ho

noun burn

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dhumba

hut

dumba xani

roof

dzini

noun sun

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzini kwa tswa

east

dzira xao-a

wing

dziraa

noun bird

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

e-o-wa

in

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcana

noun leaf (botanics)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gxe cwa

daughter

hae

at night

ham

lion

hamu

dust

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

humu

noun sand (opposite to following)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jumba/dumba

house

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kam

noun mouth

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karee

noun foot (not leg)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo

noun boy

karo cwa

son

kau

bag

kue

leopard

kum-kau

ghost

kuni

noun louse

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kuu

verb walk

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kwee

river

maa

verb give

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

malempe

bat

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namanuka

where

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ndayi

how

ne gxe tshwa

noun woman

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nguu

noun earth (soil)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ngwanaye

three

nkabe

giraffe

nuu

verb sit

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxoo

verb die

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sam

noun breasts (female)

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

thama

grass

tiKwinkee

elder sister

tsaha

noun hot (of weather)

tsao

noun tail

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

Tsha

men

tshwa

noun person (individual human)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tsiku

if

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswinye

adjective small

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

turuu

rat

uwa

verb tomorrow

uwe uwaha

dawn

wuho

pronoun that

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhanara

valleys

xhao

spear

xharare

adjective many

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

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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