Tjwao Talking Dictionary

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buna

four

bushanu

five

cam cware

twin

cane-ha

noun star

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cao-ha

fly

cee

noun fire

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cii

song

cu-u

verb kill

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

cwa

child

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)

dam

noun tongue (anatomical)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

damu

tortoise

danatsho

girl

debee

salt

dhumba

hut

doxo

stick

dumba xani

roof

dzaa

friend

dzin-ra

days

dzwaa

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ebe

he

gcaa

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

gcubaa

spider

goe

frog

gudo

baboon

gudora

baboons

gunta

hawk

gxe-tsho

wife

gxobo

mud

hae

at night

hamu

dust

hiba

with

hiba-imjwe

and

hiho

pronoun this

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hihwa-ha

verb come

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

hinuka

at

hitshe

day

huku

chicken

ibi

noun egg

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

jibe

axe

jii-du

forest

jira

noun tree (not log)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

joree

noun bark (of tree)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka

verb drink

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ka-u

noun bull

kaa

pronoun inclusive we

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kae-tsha-tsho

hunter

kao

noun neck (not nape)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

karo cwa

son

kau huku

cock

klii

noun liver

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

koho

noun flesh (meat)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kohora

animal

kue

leopard

kui

verb say

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

kumbu

grave

kwe-e

lake

malempe

bat

mamara

maternal grandmother

mara

mother

mhaa

noun head (anatomic)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

muu

verb see

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

namatsho

when

narewo

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nawoka

because

nawoo

question what?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

ncaa

adjective new

ncuun

noun hair (on head of humans)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nenare

question who?

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nkabe

giraffe

nxaa

noun horn (of bull etc.)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

nxwee

noun moon

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

paa

verb bite

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

panana

banana

pimboro

mosquito

sam

noun breasts (female)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

sha

pronoun 2.sg You

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

thama

grass

tibhabha

brother

tsau

noun hand

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshatsho

elder brother

tshee

noun ear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tshwan ira

all

tshwan-ira

you (pl)

tsiku

if

tsoo

noun heart

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

tswaa

elephant

tswii

noun nose

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

uwe uwaha

dawn

xam

verb hear

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xhana

valley

xhoree

noun claw

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xum

noun cloud (not fog)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xuu

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

Speaker: Ngcoli Sibanda

xwee

verb lie (on side, recline)

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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