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  1. bukuse gwehapkhwa— armpit hair
  2. tulo— chair
  3. hhuba, linotondeka— seventh day
  4. n'wa— drink
  5. nhofi— bird lime, tree gum used in trapping birds
  6. n'umba yebhutja— butcher house
  7. bhofu— blind person
  8. tanha— climb
  9. fa— die
  10. yega— alone
  11. bvuma— approve to
  12. nlume wakayipa— bad man
  13. wakawofa— he was dying
  14. nlalabungu— rainbow
  15. bhakede, gabha— bucket
  16. dama, luhaya— cheek
  17. tjilevu— chin
  18. ibo— they
  19. takatjinda— we have gone
  20. Teya— Set a trap
  21. lema— difficult
  22. phkwe— cane
  23. nkulu or nun'una— brother
  24. kubunanzwa— north
  25. dzudzu— criminal
  26. tata— chase, drive away, expel
  27. ndafa— I die
  28. naka kupatjena— beauty is visible
  29. bhombo— grasshopper
  30. nsentje— sand
  31. zana— play
  32. mbaba— winter
  33. nhu wemabhizinesi— businessman
  34. bhatsha— abutment
  35. luma— bite
  36. tjena— clean
  37. mwana wangu— brother’s or sister’s daughter’s husband
  38. tjipupudze, tjimo tjapahhe tjakayipa— bad weather
  39. gomwe— tortoise (ordinary size)
  40. kepesi, n'wane— cap/hat
  41. dana— call
  42. dandili nethumo— arrow & bow
  43. ba— be
  44. gala— sit
  45. halila— allure, to
  46. imi— me
  47. gukuta— skin (person's)
  48. zophisana— alternate
  49. sewolobela— as usual
  50. mavudzi— hair
  51. poteleka— around
  52. Pisa— pisa
  53. doko— excrement
  54. Biganya— Bury
  55. malopa— blood
  56. nsikana— girl
  57. bunye— chaff, husk of rice, bran
  58. hhiho— eye
  59. whokuya— that
  60. wolela— collect at one place
  61. bo, kakale— also
  62. tjimilo— nose
  63. wheba— ox
  64. bvuma— abide by, observe to
  65. mbgwanana— puppy, young dog
  66. Zwita— December
  67. jila linyolo— undried cloth
  68. mose makatjinda— you all have gone
  69. vukidza— cover (with soil)
  70. Bubili— Tuesday
  71. tjengela— bluff
  72. bhika— cook
  73. pandiwa— ache, to
  74. ndoyenda— I am going
  75. bvumila— allow to
  76. akuna— zero (literally: there is nothing); negative copula
  77. wakawuyenda— you were going
  78. gwati— bark (of tree)
  79. tangisa— start
  80. wakayenda— he went
  81. gwenya— scabies
  82. nxapha— click sound produced in the mouth
  83. khakhayi— skull
  84. khona— corner
  85. bungana— amount
  86. unabhalo— bald person
  87. honga— boast, to
  88. senga bhadza— carrying yoke
  89. mbgwimbgwi— gum
  90. makhowa, nsubvu— blackberry, kind of mushroom
  91. pa— give
  92. palalana— cease
  93. Ntumbu— Stomach
  94. ntjenjebvu wensikana— clever girl
  95. hhani— leaf (botanics)
  96. zana— dance, play
  97. nkhwinya— companion
  98. bamhadzi batjetjana— aunty (father’s younger sister)
  99. tjihaha tjenyutji— bee hive
  100. zophisiwa— alternation
  101. iba whola— become grey
  102. hule— behind
  103. tjimanga— corn (maize) plant, ear of corn kernels
  104. dzikama— calm
  105. bhiso— curse
  106. lubomba— cream of milk, foam
  107. khetheni— curtain
  108. mbhetha— bed
  109. kutanga— at first
  110. hhuba lehhanalume— ninth day
  111. mose makanda— you all went
  112. Tjabewhomba— april
  113. dengezela— carry on head
  114. ini?— what?
  115. deskhi— desk, for sitting
  116. Tjinyala— Toe
  117. ganwa— pond
  118. toonda— we will go
  119. leyanya— cross (transitive) (legs), make cross
  120. kubupelo— at the end
  121. ngubo, khapeti— blanket, carpet
  122. pisa— burn with fire, to
  123. hamba— turtle (large)
  124. bhundu lelutshinga— bobbin
  125. Sedzela— Come closer
  126. tanhila— climb to
  127. hhuba lebuhanu— fifth day
  128. watji— clock
  129. bhatilila— cling to (stick to, grip onto, hold onto)
  130. Masikati— Afternoon
  131. pasi, kupasi— base
  132. iba nsikana utjakula— become a young woman
  133. hhuba lebubili— second day
  134. bhethi— bat (as in cricket)
  135. tshibama— birth, to give
  136. tapudzo— decrease
  137. mbgwe— stone
  138. bhika rayisi— cook rice (verb)
  139. rayisi yakapemuka— broken rice
  140. gwizi— river
  141. iwe ndemi takatiyenda— you & I were going
  142. pisila— burn to
  143. mhiha wetshipi— blacksmith (female)
  144. pato— anus
  145. nda, nde— and (with nouns)
  146. paladza— to destroy
  147. yenda mbeli— advance
  148. mpfumi— clothes maker
  149. hhuba legumi ndekun'ompela— eleventh day
  150. patjena— clear out to
  151. ngala— bangle
  152. mantshi— deaf person
  153. nyeluka— abscond
  154. nhewa— berry/jube
  155. fumika— cover (with a lid), close
  156. kari— curry
  157. vululata— close eyes
  158. whove— fish
  159. vula— water
  160. bukula— bark(dog)
  161. zina— name
  162. mwedzi uhhele— full moon
  163. mhuka— animal
  164. khabitji— cabbage
  165. bhofu— blind woman
  166. dumulo lakavunika— broken axe
  167. tjidzwa— thigh
  168. kuburwa— south
  169. tshwa— new
  170. wamutjila— accept
  171. tukununu— small
  172. mmandala— adolescent (female)
  173. misa— abate to
  174. nya— defecate (taboo)
  175. takatinda— we were going
  176. mwina— hole
  177. n'handuli— responder
  178. malobolo— bride price
  179. Nghibelo— Saturday
  180. linga— awake, to be
  181. tjilopa— liver
  182. fananidza— compare
  183. tasela— attack
  184. zodliwa zwemangwanana— breakfast
  185. yeta tjisungo— decide
  186. wakatjifa— he has died
  187. nsi— day
  188. vunika— broken
  189. tengesa— auction
  190. bhapiro— chicken wing
  191. khona— able, be
  192. kolomola nhu— destroy someone
  193. kwelete— credit
  194. nna— rain
  195. hhuba lebunna— fourth day
  196. rayisi yemabgwe— coarse rice
  197. nyutji— honey
  198. lubhalu— cave
  199. lukwalo, nkwalo— article
  200. lusiba— feather (large, not down)
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