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towera— trap
nampodi— never
nyerere— ants
nyuci— bee
dzana— hives
tsamba— leaf (botanics)
mwana wacimuna— son
ciponi— which
kubva mphepo— have cold
ncenga— sand (opposite to following)
-songola— sharp
mabanja— names (family)
madimba— gardens
bzinyama— animals
dzuwa— sun
tulombo— insects
kukumbura— ask for a favor
ndzowu— elephants
uchi— honey
ncila— tail
-phewa— killed, be
micera— tails
nyasa— deer
phwaphwa— armpit
tapsa na mphepo— we are burnt with air (the phrase a groom uses to ask for a bride to come with him)
kuchengeta— save
-yesa— try
mabveradzuwa— east
nyati— buffalo
-lewa— say
njila, nsewu, mpsampsayila— path (road, trail; not street)
nyankudungudza— vaidoso
cingwe— rope
-khongobza— gather
nzukwa— ghosts
gumbo— bags
mapompi— pipes
ntongi— chief
-kulumiza— be fast
ncefu— eland
miti— trees
azinana— sisters
njiri— warthog
-fucira— bury
ayayi, nee— no
-lota— dream
nin'dziwa lini— I don't know
malitsito— fences
-dala— be rich
nsiye— eyelash
mubo— hole
kulimba— get healed
nyanja— lakes
bade— bark (of tree)
nkkuyu— figs
ndilibe kukupasa masheleni— I did not give you the money
cimbudzi— toilet
nsodzi— roofs
matubzi— stool
nkhawa, malilo— deaths
dwidwi— Chameleon
azimebzala— mothers-in-law
caciwiri— second
ngoma— drums
cikulu— huge
kudzawulu— north
n'zukwa— ghost
-khala— sit
ku, pa— at
kuyikha— save
sumuka, yima— stand
abunyu— lizards
-dziwana— know each other
apusi— monkeys
dumvu— type of grass
kusamba m'manja— wash hands
m'figu— banana plant ( Musa )
wentse— both
kuponi?— where
uta— bow
-pfuwa— pull
-gopsewa— be frightened
kuzika— deep
thangwe— why
cifuwa— cough
udzandiwone— You see me
nyanga ya ndzou— tusk
mphalapala— impala
didi— true
mbvuu— hippopotamuses
yadyo— garlic
kuyikha pamoto— set on fire
mwadiya— boats
jhanela— widow
aziyavu— maternal grandfathers
khanda— skin (person's)
lilimi— tongue (anatomical)
atongi— chiefs
mbvuu— hippopotamus
nyanza ikulu— ocean, sea
mwana— child
ntsapato— shoes
cimbamba— beans
mu— in
nkhuku— Hen
mafuta— fat
ntsomba— fish
kupsinya— squeeze
pfupa— bone
ntsikana— girl
kunya— defecate (shit)
dasentsa— Excuse Me
dziluwa— flower
bemphenwa— butterfly
mathawale— ponds
-pfekulo— comb
nyakuyimba— singer
mikono— bulls
kalombo— insect
kamba— tortoise
musuzi— soup
ng'ombe— cow
mpsayiro— broom
baba— paternal uncle
matalala— hail
litsito— fence
-duwala— sick
cisu— knife
achunzu— hawks
mayindza— summer
anyakhokho— crocodiles
-bva mphepo— have fever
kagona— go to sleep
-pita— enter
makumi matatu— thirty
baba— priest
muti— tree (not log)
phwanya— break
ntsato— python
mupunga— rice
-sankhula— choose
imwe— you (pl)
musika— tamarind tree
nin'dzakuwona mangwana— Tomorrow I will see you
-coka mulopa— bleed
-dzala— full
kombe— fishnet
ambuya— maternal grandmother
mphanza— bald
buntha— blunt (knife)
-wuwa— bark (dog)
-kumbuka— think
dzana— day before yesterday
khutu— ear
uko, apo— there
condzi— wind
kutali— far
nkhuku— chickens
dzana— hundred
pantsi— ground
azilowola— daughters-in-law
dongo— earth (soil)
nkhasa— better
khumi na bziwiri— twelve
ukuse bwa bira— wool
matambiko— ladders
mabade— shells
amebzala— mother-in-law
masawu— Indian jujube ( Ziziphus mauritiana )
mphondolo— lion
ciphalewale— lightning
lini?— when
kuwuma— freeze
-sona— sew
sabawu yawufa— washing powder
muloola— bride
-jejera— cold (of weather)
mphungu— eagles
baba— father
fala— word
apembere— rhinoceroses
-lewalewa— talk, speak
kutsuka tsitsi— wash hair
mabondo— bones
kuyengamala— float
-tayira— answer
kutokota— be cooked
kubvumba— rain
bzingasi— how many
kudya matabichu— have breakfast
mphala— impalas
mwamuna namwali— groom
chocho— cooking spoon
akazi— women
atiya— paternal aunt
pfemba— nine
nkulo— river
bzulu— ant hills
banja— name (family)
batha— duck

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