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  1. xamwali— friends
  2. nin'dzakupasa lini kobiri— I will not give you the money
  3. mbewa— mouse
  4. -khundula— despir-se
  5. nkhuni— (fire)wood
  6. sakha— bag
  7. maluwa— flowers
  8. -badula— split
  9. mphepo— air
  10. -fika— arrive
  11. n'dakuwona dzulo— Yesterday I saw you
  12. bzingasi— how much
  13. -mpsompsono— kiss
  14. phaza— hoe
  15. nthata— fleas
  16. -famba— walk
  17. azinana— younger sisters
  18. -bva njala— hungry
  19. tsuku— breast
  20. mimba— pregnant, be
  21. kupukuta— rub, wipe
  22. jhelo— ice
  23. -yamba— begin
  24. thawa— escape
  25. nyankalemwalemwa— bats
  26. kobiri— money
  27. aziyavu— paternal grandfather
  28. njira— trail
  29. -fungula— open
  30. cule— frog
  31. mpunga— mealie rice
  32. -zvengerera— turn
  33. -kondzekera— prepared, be
  34. acule— frogs
  35. ntsomba— fish(es)
  36. -maliza— finish
  37. pakuti— because
  38. khumi na xanu— fifteen
  39. njetiyeti— tobacco cricket
  40. mimba— belly (lower part of body, abdomen)
  41. -nyancha— swim
  42. ine— I
  43. mumphepo— winter
  44. n'kuma— forehead
  45. makumi manayi— forty
  46. ambuya— paternal grandmother
  47. kukoya— have hiccups
  48. -khala— live
  49. -samba— bath
  50. mchewu— fan palm
  51. abawala— bucks
  52. -tsamba— green (colour)
  53. bzilewalewedwe— languages
  54. dotha— ash(es)
  55. nkhuku— chicken
  56. bzititi— chests
  57. misana— backs
  58. kulungama— straight
  59. mafuta— grease (fat, organic substance)
  60. kupsidigika— narrow
  61. micenje— white ant (termite)
  62. ndaphata minyendo— Please
  63. makumi mawiri— twenty
  64. kupsa— burned
  65. makumi manomwe— seventy
  66. azipayi— paternal uncles
  67. -nyamala— be quiet
  68. -funga— close
  69. khoso— rat
  70. mafala— words
  71. salani bwino— Goodbye
  72. maphiri— mountains
  73. amayi— mother
  74. -gona— sleep
  75. -gona— lie (down)
  76. minyala— stones
  77. nyerere— ant
  78. njiri— warthogs
  79. mun'tima/n'tima— heart
  80. -phika— cook
  81. -yimba— sing
  82. mupfutso wamunyemba— dried lentil leaves
  83. amebzala— father-in-law
  84. pili— two
  85. azitiya— paternal aunts
  86. nyumba— hut, house
  87. pembere— rhinoceros
  88. mbalami— bird
  89. -tafuna— chew
  90. mabatha— ducks
  91. -puma— breathe
  92. azimbuya— maternal grandmothers
  93. -sunama— sad
  94. ntsiye— eyebrow
  95. azimano— elder brothers
  96. -fuliza— blow
  97. nyumba yakuphikira— kitchen
  98. nkhandwe— jackal
  99. ife— we
  100. -bvesesa— understand
  101. -nunkha— smell
  102. -menyana— fight
  103. -ceka— cut
  104. ici,iyo— this
  105. -mwa— drink
  106. nkonono— snore
  107. nkuca— day after tomorrow
  108. -sendzeka— play
  109. -badwa— to be born
  110. -seka— laugh
  111. -pasa— give
  112. -pagali / -lipira— pay
  113. -dyesa— feed
  114. nyakusawuka— poor
  115. mbizi— zebras
  116. -fa— die
  117. madindi— puddles
  118. mpheyo— grinding stone
  119. cisapo— fruit
  120. taya— throw away
  121. cimphako— cave
  122. cingwe ca uta— bowstring
  123. dindi— holes
  124. bzifuwa— coughs
  125. kulemera— heavy
  126. anana— elder sister
  127. -gulisa— sell
  128. azimano— younger brothers
  129. n'namwali— virgin
  130. azimano— brothers
  131. -fuyira— red (colour)
  132. tete— thin
  133. -nyamala— lie (on side, recline)
  134. munda— farm
  135. tiyu— maternal uncle
  136. ngoma— drum
  137. -fesuka— ill, become
  138. -lasa— stab
  139. akazi— wives
  140. nthacha— bird plum
  141. m'mimba mwa nyampulula— have diarrhea
  142. aziyavu— maternal grandfather
  143. dzidzi— owl
  144. dzulo ndilibe kukuwona— Yesterday I didn't see you
  145. mulumbwana— boy
  146. munga— thorn
  147. ng'ango— goose
  148. nyalugwe— leopard
  149. nzilawa— kudus
  150. kupsipa— spit
  151. nin'dzakupasa kobiri— I will give you the money
  152. minyanga— horns
  153. ng'ono— small
  154. mata— saliva
  155. -tuma— send
  156. ng'ango— geese
  157. nsodzi— roof
  158. azikunyadu— brothers-in-law
  159. cunzu— hawk
  160. mwezi— moon, month
  161. khwankhwa— wide
  162. kunyerezera— have itch
  163. nomwe— seven
  164. n'tsago— pillow
  165. matambiko— ladder
  166. moto— fire
  167. masapi— lungs
  168. sabawu— soap
  169. kudeka— beautiful
  170. -cita— do
  171. thama— cheek
  172. n'cenje— white ants (termites)
  173. makumi matanthatu— sixty
  174. mwana mpheyo— small grinding stone
  175. -tentha, -psa— burn
  176. cadidi— true (not false)
  177. mwala— rock
  178. dzayi— chicken egg
  179. -yenda, ndoko— go
  180. uta— bow
  181. kusambisa— wash someone
  182. -psipa— spit
  183. nkhanando— crab
  184. mphuno— nose
  185. yomwe— that
  186. kutepa— weak
  187. thanga lakugonela nkhuku— chicken coop (lit. "shelter where chickens sleep")
  188. xanu— five
  189. mbava— thief
  190. mbalami— birds
  191. tukonokono— elbows
  192. -wuma— hard
  193. -musa— give greetings
  194. wana wacilumbwana— sons
  195. goloso— thick
  196. dzulo— yesterday
  197. pompi— pipe
  198. na— and
  199. ntenga— feather (large, not down)
  200. phfekulo— comb
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