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  1. bwibvu— gums
  2. nsana— back
  3. -fefedza— sniff
  4. -kuwa/kuwirira— shout
  5. tsapano— now
  6. -menya— hit, kick
  7. -gwa— fall
  8. thengo— forest
  9. nchala— claw
  10. azimbuya— paternal grandmothers
  11. kutsuka— clean
  12. azipayi— fathers
  13. mukuyu— fig tree ( Ficus )
  14. -bvala— vestir, despir-se
  15. mbeveve— deaf
  16. phewa— shoulder
  17. iwe— you
  18. -phata— catch
  19. akamba wam'madzi— turtles
  20. peno— if
  21. wanthu— people
  22. ntsabola— onion
  23. minga— thorns
  24. nyimbo— song
  25. -tali— long (not 'wide')
  26. bzinkwanisika lini— impossible
  27. -bzanya— press
  28. mamina— pus
  29. nyumba mwa kugonera— bedroom, sleeping room
  30. -neta— be tired
  31. -yipa— bad
  32. malariya— malaria
  33. aziyavu— paternal grandfathers
  34. cikalango— clay pot
  35. -ng'amba— tear
  36. wamamphasa— twin
  37. -doda mata— salivate
  38. nyama— meat, flesh, animal
  39. amuna— men
  40. mundimu— lemon tree
  41. janja— arm
  42. kunoza— sharpen
  43. -gaka— burn
  44. ciyani?— what?
  45. nchenche— fly
  46. matumbo— intestines
  47. ntambo— cloud (not fog)
  48. ng'ombe— cows
  49. -safalawu— yellow (colour)
  50. pamwepo— then
  51. posi— one
  52. kamuti— stick
  53. ukonde— nets
  54. -fena— scratch
  55. mano— elder brother
  56. usiku— at night
  57. -sodza— hunt
  58. mamina— mucus
  59. jeke— black jack
  60. mitikho— cooking sticks
  61. bala wana— have children
  62. mansiwa— widows
  63. cakuyamba— first
  64. kukwenya, kukhwenya— scratch
  65. mangwana— tomorrow
  66. xamwali— friend
  67. mwamuna— man (adult male human)
  68. thika— hyena
  69. -gawika— be separated
  70. na— with
  71. cingwe ca uta— bowstrings
  72. dzinga— week
  73. pfumbi— dust
  74. azukulu— grandchildren
  75. thanga la ng'ombe— cattle kraal
  76. -cena— white (colour)
  77. manduwi— peanuts
  78. xapewu— hat
  79. macibese— in morning
  80. matika— hyenas
  81. matubzi— excrement
  82. -bisa— hide, lie (in ambush)
  83. -bwerera— return
  84. tsuku— breast (female)
  85. madende— virgins
  86. ciwisi— raw
  87. nthutu— grave
  88. -sandza— vomit
  89. nkhanando— crabs
  90. nchala— fingernails
  91. n'thayi— branch
  92. golide— gold
  93. nyanga— horn (of bull etc.)
  94. amayi— maternal aunt
  95. munthu— person (individual human)
  96. nthata— flea
  97. -cera— dig
  98. -bala— to give birth
  99. masimbe— embers, charcoal
  100. bemphemwa— butterflies
  101. -ntse— all, every
  102. micera— wells
  103. kufa— death
  104. -takula— take
  105. bondo lansana— backbone
  106. -nyang'ana— watch
  107. njondoyondo— ankle
  108. ndebvu— beard
  109. mbava— thieves
  110. citsa— nest
  111. athandawude— spiders
  112. nsodzo— tusks
  113. ntsawawa— lice, head
  114. therere— okra
  115. jeko— sickle
  116. tiyu— maternal uncles
  117. akamba— tortoises
  118. -zimola— be blind
  119. bondo— bone
  120. cibade— shell
  121. kunyantsi— south
  122. munyu— salt
  123. azinana— elder sisters
  124. muyi— village
  125. adzidzi— owls
  126. tuwana twambalami— young birds
  127. -thusa— throw
  128. kusawuka— poor, be
  129. -svipa— black (colour)
  130. mupfutsu wamutanga— dried pumpkin leaves
  131. kuwuma— dried
  132. nyemba— lentils
  133. -yima— stop
  134. -ng'ono— little
  135. ng'ono— young
  136. figu— banana
  137. dzulo ulibe kundiwona— yesterday you did not see me
  138. cedwa— slow
  139. usiku— night
  140. nsiye— eyebrows
  141. mbudu— mosquito
  142. -fupika— short
  143. cimuti— bat
  144. matsenga— magic
  145. nkhangayiwa— guinea fowl
  146. madokelodzuwa— west
  147. nkono— bull
  148. ntumbi— dead body
  149. bwino— well
  150. mipsayiro— trails
  151. mbadzo— axe
  152. iye— he
  153. dzindza— tribe
  154. nkhani— stories
  155. -ng'onong'ono— few
  156. mbabvu— ribs
  157. tundebvu— chins
  158. -bwino— good
  159. ayayi, nee— not
  160. kunyadu— brother-in-law
  161. fugawu— charcoal stove
  162. kufula— wash clothes
  163. zimola— blind
  164. n'tima— heart
  165. ntsiku— days
  166. pakumbutha ndeke— airport
  167. ntsiku— day
  168. -peya— grind
  169. usva— grass
  170. mpsayiro— broom
  171. thanga la mbuzi— goat shelter
  172. iwo— they
  173. -kha— alone
  174. diso— eye
  175. misewe— arrows
  176. matope— mud
  177. cilopa— liver
  178. -didi (e.g. boko ladidi)— right
  179. mano— brother
  180. akulu— elderly people
  181. -bisika— hidden
  182. muchombo— umbilical cord
  183. -nango— some, other, another
  184. nyenyezi— stars
  185. -bisiwa— hidden, be
  186. mulimi— farmer
  187. mandimu— lemons
  188. mutsuko— clay pot (for water, beer or mahewu)
  189. nyanja— lake
  190. therere lakuwuma— dried okra
  191. phaphidwe— wing
  192. muti wanthunduludwa— bitter apple plant
  193. -tambira— receive
  194. kumadandakucha— dawn
  195. nkhonye— worms
  196. mitete— reeds
  197. -gwinya— push
  198. nkulu— old person
  199. kudzulu— sky
  200. phiri— mountain (not hill)
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