Nambya English

maternal grandmother

adverb not

live

(Shona) mvere

enemy

count

(Shona) zhinji

brothers-in-law

bats

beautiful

boiled

grass

noun feather (large, not down)

feathers

wipe

(Shona) -taura, -ti

beard

(Shona) kunaya

lie (in ambush)

(Shona) nhenga

hidden, be

(Shona) mhodzi, mbeu

dig

(Shona) motsi

dead bodies

noun liver

fist

(Shona) -zara

nine

shell

goose

play

(Shona) tsoka

sharpening tool

noun ash(es)

thief

noun horn (of bull etc.)

zebras

elands

ostriches

louse, head

crocodile

well

noun bull

axe

baboon

pronoun inclusive we

noun eye

summer

noun sun

adjective name

chicken

brown

male

sad

at

verb walk

go to sleep

(Shona) mhuka

verb lie (on side, recline)

verb say

have itch

(Shona) sango

finger

(Shona) zuva

branch

verb gardens

song

mice

vomit

bones

(Shona) gungwa

graves

ninety

eighty

dreams

flowers

snore

(Shona) -fa

holes

baboons

breasts

(Shona) ibwe

names (family)

noun fire

awake

salt

month

full moon

go

(Shona) baba

Excuse Me

how many

quiet, be

(Shona) musana

tired

chew

(Shona) chii

wet

finish

(Shona) -dete, -nhete, -sunhu

be blind

blow

(Shona) a

remain

(Shona) chitaka

make

(Shona) musoro

maternal grandfather

paternal grandfather

noun air

wind

groom

trail

back

(Shona) jenaguru

names

fish(es)

break

(Shona) va

ant hills

baskets

cages

hearths, cooking pits/fires