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kuthwa— sharp
khoso— rat
khanda— skin (person's)
bziloto— dreams
-dyesa— feed
-pola— heal
phsa— hot (of weather)
kamadzi— river
kutokota— ripe
wunika— light up
gwela— inflammation
-tota— wet, become
thambo yawutati— bowstring
wuma— dry (substance)
ntsapato— shoes
thandawude— spider
apayi— paternal uncle
khumi napfemba— nineteen
-kumina— sneeze
mbava— thieves
nyanga zanzou— tusks
phute— boil
-pfelusa— boil
bzinikwanisika— possible
bzapewu— hats
nchala— claws
-phophoma— close eyes
phsa— hot, be
-kuyangamala— float
nyati— buffalo
-kubisala— to hide
uchi— honey
fala— word
-kuzungunuka— round
dazi— bald
wene tiyu— maternal uncles
wapola— now healed
-tumiwa— to be sent
-phunzisa— teach
n'sewu— road
ntsato— pythons
-fulumiza— fast
-lenga— create
nomwe— seven
bzitanda— dead bodies
muti wanthunduludwa— bitter apple plant (<i>Solanum campylacanthum</i>)
-kubadula— split
-maliza— finish
basa— job/work
nchenche— fly
-kusankhula— to choose
thumbuwa— fat bun
achunzu— hawks
nyankwekwe
wana — children
thika— hyena
nzondi— enemy
azukulu— grandchildren
icho,iyo, ako— that
kukoma— beautiful
taya— throw away
njili— warthogs
bzidhuli— ant hills
pakuti— because
ntambo— cloud (not fog)
athebzala— father-in-law
ntsomba— fish
-kudodoma— sad
khamu— comb
ndime— portion of land
mbewa— mouse
-gudumuka— overturn
ntheme— trifoliate oranges
azipayi— paternal uncles
-lamuka— awake
nthuta— cancer
kakonokoto— elbow
nenepa— be fat
nin'zakuwona mangwana— Tomorrow I will see you
ntengela— feather (large, not down)
musuzi— soup
lambwe— bull
nkhungwa— orphan
muti— tree
-malizila— last
mumphepo — winter
tota— wet
nyowani— new
chule— frog
lata— point at
-kubzanya— press, to
thanga latunthiyo— chick shelter
ngozi— accident
ntsomba zakufilitali (part 2)— fried fish (video part 2: frying the fish)
mimba— bellies
dzuwa— sun
dotha— ash(es)
chakale— old
mishowo— tribes
akolo— baboons
dzana— day before yesterday
-kutulikila— to translate
dongo— earth (soil)
kutali— far
bzifuwa— coughs
nampodi— never
dzino— tooth
-gwata— cut
nango— some
kupsipa— dirty
musuzi— soup
chimwecho— that one
miti— trees
mwana mpheyo— small grinding stone
anyalugwe— leopards
umoyo— life
-kufuna— need
-kuyashamula— yawn (to)
nthawa— bags
masondo— weeks
thukuko— development
ntsikana— girl
nzilawa— kudus
mwezi— months
tsuku— breast
nkhumba— pig
mulimi— farmer
nkhani— stories
mapasa— twin
kamba— tortoise
azimayi— maternal aunts
-kukonzela— to prepare for
tidayima— we stopped (past)
-filitali— fry
-konkhobza— take care of
shanu — five
nkazi— woman
ise— we
mwadiya— boats
-nunkhiza— smell
mitikho— cooking sticks
uko, apo— there
pano, kuno— here
mapila machena— white sorghum
mathengo— forests
atiya— paternal aunt
usika— tamarind fruit
mumbutha ndeke— airport
nyelele— ant
ntsisi— kind
-luma— bite
mathawale— ponds
-wumba— mould
ng'ango— goose
muchombo— umblical
bzentse— all (of a number)
batha— duck
akamba— tortoises
josaka— water bottle, water cooler
thelele— okra
-fuchila— bury
-kulata— to point at
ajenya— bats
makoso— rats
-gasa— light up
bzingasi— how many
mwana n'cheche— baby
nyanja— lakes
ana pfungo lakuyipa— he/she has a bad smell
-mwawunjika— you gathered
matengela— feathers
ntsiye— eyebrows
mphondolo— lions
jenya— bat
bzititi— chests
chachiwili— second
nyenyezi— stars
tani— how
-polowa— fight
matsenga— magic
mimba— belly (lower part of body, abdomen)
-kuwilila— shout
-wumisa— dry (to)
ayavu — paternal grandfather
chitanda— dead body
chocho— cooking spoon
-ibva mphepo— have cold
-kuwunjika— to gather
-kusamba— wash self
ntengela— feather (large, not down)
-kufilitali— frying
madzana manomwe— seven hundred
thondo— cordyla africana fruit
tete— thin
sandula— change
-talata— we pointed at
alimi— farmers
bzilapi— riddles
nsodzi— hunter
nin'dziwa— I know

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