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dziba— call (animals)
nyati— buffalo
bhoma, hhodza zina hambgwa— defame
wolobela— accustomed to be
mwedzi— star
tjingoringori— ankle
hangamala— swim
nkwaha— daughter’s husband
tulo— chair
njinji— many
iba mbisana utjakula— become a young man
tunda— urinate
noonda— you will go
kuhhudzi, kuditima— yellow (colour)
nun'una— a younger sibling
tshibama— birth giving
mpimbila— leg
hhisa, binga— bring, fetch
kepe— boat
pakupaku— cobra (snake)
banda— they go
hhuba legumi— tenth day
tate— father
bhofu— blind man
imwi mulibabili makamunda— you two were going
hhuba— day, sun
ludzi— clan, clan section
tjintja, handula— alter
phekwa— charmed
ndisi wekepe— boatman
dayethi— diet
palula kwemhuka— animals coition
tjikumbilo— application
bhoma, hhodziwa zina hambgwa— defamed, defamation
nlume— man (adult male human)
mose makamunda— you all were going
n'holi— ameen, surveyor
ntome— be aside to
labuka— run
Mbuyu— Baobao Tree
panda kwetjingoringori— anklet tinkling
sinamoni— cinnamon
luhaya— cheek (with emphasis on the jaws)
mhepo— air
bhapu— lung
sumbika— conceal
bheja— bet
ntumbu— abdomen
mwedzi— moon
dla— eat
kukulu— big
zebe— ear
paladziwa— to be destroyed
kohola— cough
mbewu— seed
bon'wa— be seen
yezela— sleep
kumatala— barn
jitisa, delusa, tulula— bring down, to
wolela— collect (pick in bits and pieces, collect solids all at once)
bhopoma— waterfall
senga bahingi— carrying staff
n' hhuhha— adolescent (male)
thubula— cut with a knife, or break something with an axe
ndzi— root, bark of tree
hapeya— there
boneka mumiti yensubvu— appearing on blackberry trees
whomba— nail
tshwa— burnt
swika— arrive
matjende— testicles
pisa— burn something
linga— bracelet kind
ntjelo— fruit
koga— but
lutjidzo— benefit
nhuwa zwakayipa— bad smell
lupa gwenheswi, thumo— arrow (shaft of the)
mbhawula— brazier
unoowa pasi— he will fall down
bhastedi— bastard
kolomola— to destroy
he— chief
bugalo gwakanaka— a good place
ntebe— amulet, talisman
pfutidza— blow out fire
vunika— broken, be
bakayenda— they went
sewolobela— as usual
fukidza— cover (with a blanket)
maiwee— alas!
kubungana panhupan'ompela— assembled in one place
hekadzi— chief’s wife
kama— comb (noun)
fulawuzi— flower
hhowu— elephant
tjilopa— liver
sewolobela— as usual
sedzelelana— come close, come near
Butatu— Wednesday
nxapha— click the mouth
Hotje— June
senga— carry/ bear to
n'udza— bathe, another
ketane— chain
kutswa— new
wadiropu— almirah
tshwa— burnt (resultative)
nsikana— child female
bhuzwa— ask
kotonhola— cold (of weather)
kanali— canal
kutatu— three
hhulo— yesterday
hunama— bend
Iye ndemi tonda— he & I go
ndatjiyenda— I have gone
dendele — door
hanganyisa— to aggregate, mix, combine
da, ludo— affectionate
homanana— deficiency, want
ku, pano— at, here
hlisa— be dangerous, frightening
Kumakole, kuhhuhugwi— blue
wakaeyenda— he was going
ba ndetjilopa— brave
banoonda— they will go
kanda— shell
mbaba— cold
bhubulazebe— Deaf person
pisa whuni— burn wood
bvubika— bury (in water), put underwater, submerge
ntjenje— ant
bugwele— illness
loba, tibula, sukuta— beat
Miliyoni— Million
moyo— heart
nyota— thirst
nyatsho— artery for milking of animals
hhuba legumi ndekutatu/nekutatu— thirteen day
khotheji— cottage
luma— bite
vula— water
lulimi— tongue (anatomical)
bhitipiti— crook
n'un'una— complain
whuni— firewood
Tjiwulu— Thousand
hhuba lekutanga— one day
hhamu; nkaka womwisa— breast, teat, breast milk
matewukahhuba— afternoon late
dzwiyo— bird species (lit. climbing in trees bird)
bhanyana— Bush
maboko abuyanana— clean hands
pasi— low
kusi— below
mfansimbi— cloud smoke on the hills
dzika— deep
rema— coagulate
patula— crack (transitive verb) (pot etc.)
gwadzilamoyo— angry, you are
pedza— complete, finish
iye ndemi tatjinda— he & I have gone
tjimanga— corn
kwakatonhola— it is cold
ntha— area
zana— acting
hohela— barricade
Hhanakadzi— eight
kunjinji— many
wakafa— he died
hhudzi— pumpkin; yellow / colour derived from pumpkin
tjenamisa— amazing
tambunudza— make straight
hhuba— sun
Tjilimo— Spring
dayimani— diamond
nkulu or nun'una— sister
ngin'wa nembaba— get a fever
mupi— benefactor
mahwahhuba— west
swikilila, kubayapo— attendance
pedza— finish
dzula— apply mud on mud wall
bhokisi / bhasikiti— box/basket
kuku— grandma
sunula— castrate bull
siyana— different
bomba— bellow (verb) (cow)
makole— blue
hangana— collect at one place, assemble (verb)
khwama— bag
imwi mulibabili indani— you two go
hupa— gourd, used as a container particularly for milk
kwalo, tjinhu— article, thing
nyemba— bean species
kheji— cage
mimba— conceive
tunhumala— acclivity
n'ha— home

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