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mbala— dress up
mbula— undressing
Tshipi— sunday
ba madekwana— be evening (evening time)
kakale— again
makahha— snow
nyutji— bee
nxapha— click sound produced in the mouth
n'holo— head (anatomic)
hhuba legumi ndekubili— twelfth day
wolela— collect grains on the winnowing basket for winnowing (verb)
khokhonati— coconut
poni?— where?
lulimi— tongue (organ and language)
whoku— this
gumbo lombhetha webana— cot leg
Bunandzwa— North
imwi mulibabili moonda— you two will go
wakefa— you were dying
pehhugwi— above, on the top of
sebula— cultivate with hoe
kuhaba— red (colour)
kulukugwi— old (in reference to age, not necessarily the state of deterioration)
n'ula— bath
nsikana— child (female), girl
unoyenda— he is going
wakafa— you died
nhongo— castrated goat
nonda— you go
tjisungo— decision
khawa— dew
sewolobela— as usual
pkhwanya— abolish to
nkuku— valley
nhu— person
dusila pahhe— bring out
ntumbu— belly
pa mhahha— bless to
dombo— mountain (not hill)
kufambeli— barren
luhaya gwemhuka— animal jaw
Pepwe— Autumn
bhora— ball
iswi— we
tsotsi— criminal
na bhalo— bald
ndofa— I am dying
halabvuka— be in good state of mind
nghoyi— cat
vu— clay
ndakafa— I died
kolomogwa— to be destroyed
nyaladzika— comfortable, be
kolomoka— collapse
buyani ngeno— come here (plural)
mbatsha— danger
lumbidza— be big be, make big
tjoko— chalk
futa— grease (fat, organic substance)
hhayivi— chameleon
khushini— cushion
bhokisi lementjisi— box of matches
ndakandifa— I was dying
tenga— buy
lumbidza— acclamation
lun'we— finger
bugwa— semen
hhala— belly, to reduce
bhutja— butcher
tjibvi— knee
whuluka— fly
Mvulo— Monday
n'hingo wemisi yose— daily work
nzani— actor
tjimilo— nose
nya— defecate, shit
khandlela— candle
handula, n'handulo— answer
panda— ache
tjenjela— clever
yedza, mhahokuyedza— daylight, dawn
tema— chop with axe
bgwatisiwa— to be concealed
hhuba kukutanga muviki mbili— first day of fortnight
nhabgwa, nghopi, whoto— bird species
mavu— earth (soil)
swikiri— candy, sugar
kose— at all
nzani— actress
mwana— cataract
Tjabewhomba— April
kuwa— cry too much
guwhu, godi— cave, hole
kwakwatila— cling to (stick to, grip onto, hold onto)
vula— rain
gekelende— barren land
whuku— chicken
mwisa— breast feeding
pwanya— crush
ndzimu— deity
dzwala— sow
matewuko— afternoon
kola— become fat (not human)
nkilogo— bell (metal bowl)
hhiha— summer
masikati— daytime
bhata— bundle
tonhola— to chill, to cool
wapisa— burned
se uno, sekuti— as if, somehow
bva kutanga— beginning, from the
dzwenga, leya— avoid
mmwe— another
kusipo— zero (it is not there)
kohola— cough
lumbo— song
unofa— he is dying
ngwe— leopard
mayibatukunu, mayinini— aunty (mother’s younger sister)
kulefu— long (not 'wide')
dura— cost a lot
hanganyisa— addition
ndakatjifa— I have died
fuba (pl. zwifuba)— 1) chest; 2) coughing illness; 3) ability to keep secrets (metaphor)
kumbila n'hingo— apply (for job)
mavu athuka— brown earth
iwe ndemi tafa— you & I die
kunonga tjimanga— corn, kind of
gubungano— concession
gambgwa— 1) an open gourd used for drinking for carrying beverages; 2) broken pieces of a gourd (used this way by elders from certain dialects)
ntjenje unamaphaphiro— ant, winged
khutha, lubahhe— court
kileki— clerk
lizana— balance
kwakayelesedzeka— approximate to
hanha— become happy and call
lufu— death
luba— flower
bhato (pl. mapato)— buttock (taboo)
vukidza— bury (in the soil, cover something with soil)
tsha— dig
vunika— broken, be
kose— all (of a number)
bayakanya panhupan'ompela— arrange at one place
gole— year
lini?— when?
lala— lie (on side, recline)
gole madekwane— cloud in evening
hali yebhurasi— brass pot
maiwee— alas!
linga— armlet, bracelet, wristlet
bumba— create
pisa— burn
dutu— storm (wind or rain but not thunder)
n' hana— after birth, placenta
ndakandiyenda— I was going
imi ndemi tafa— you & I died
tjena— be clean
hango— country
tapudza— decrease
Mapembgwe— July
Bheta— February
ganda (pl. makanda)— skin
pisigwa— burning
mhulu— calf of cow
huli— hole in a wall, window
titima— thunder
unofa— you die
ntumbu— abdomen
pfuta ndegungubu— blaze to
naka— beautiful
n'hanganyo— blend
tshipi— 1) week, Sunday; 2) iron
kubungana— assemble to (transitive verb)
kloku, washi— clock
nti— tree (not log)
nyati— buffalo, wild
bhuda kwehuba— Sunrise
Burwa— South
pisiwa— burn
nkwaha— son –in-law
ntjenje bugalimoyo— anti-religious
hhalila meho— close eyes
iba nsumbelume— become grown up unmarried boy
pato— anus
nyutji— bee
Tjilengwe— Idiot
whola— adult
hhalila— close, shut
mhepo— wind
tjizeli— chisel
nhobo— mat (for sitting or sleeping)
khothoni— cotton
ndakayenda— I went
hhalila— block to
bakulukugwi— ancestor
yenda— walk
wonda— become lean, make thin
thukwa— brown
humba— lion

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