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  1. busiku— night
  2. hhabigwa— burning sensation in mouth
  3. kombeledzeka— compelled
  4. mtjiso, lutjhwayo— brand
  5. nsetje— sand (opposite to following)
  6. kondama— become crooked, bent (permanently)
  7. monyoka— become fat (human)
  8. menemene— crook
  9. kampa— camp, to
  10. sumbelume— bachelor
  11. sunga— bind, bundle
  12. se unowamutjila— as if embracing
  13. bhulethi, thumo— bullet
  14. n'ombe— cattle
  15. mwise— tail
  16. oga— alone
  17. politji— polish
  18. nlongo— bride
  19. lumbo— song
  20. lungwe— finger
  21. hule, kuhule— back (of something)
  22. bhathoni— button
  23. m'a— stand
  24. tangisa— begin
  25. tjidumbu— dead body
  26. palalana— cease
  27. tjenjela— be clever
  28. sinila— bud
  29. tjebela— deceive
  30. tjela— collect
  31. Bunna— Thursday
  32. tjilebvu— chin
  33. sunda— push
  34. kulu— large
  35. mheni— lightning
  36. luboko— hand, arm (whole arm or any part of the arm)
  37. kumabvilo, beni, bemabvilo— aboriginal
  38. Hhuma— Forehead
  39. kutjena— white (colour)
  40. tendeka— bear to
  41. busi— smoke
  42. man'lembe— bat (animal)
  43. hakala— old (deteriorated; visually it looks old)
  44. bvumika, vukidza— bury
  45. so— kidney
  46. nyanyayidza— against
  47. tafuna— chew
  48. mbeli, kutanga— before, from
  49. bhinya— child abductor, person who steals children, rapist
  50. ndoofa— I will die
  51. pakati ndapakati— center
  52. homanana— little
  53. hhisa— bring
  54. mate— saliva
  55. nthumi— clothes maker
  56. mafuta— cake (oil)
  57. whilila— listen
  58. boneka naka— appear beautiful, seen as, be
  59. sukesuke— centipede
  60. gamba— coagulate
  61. ngwane— day after tomorrow
  62. bhathiri— battery
  63. pfudzi— shoulder
  64. ntebe yebalume— armlet for men
  65. pisa kwemasimbe— burning charcoal
  66. zwimbalo— attire
  67. nanzwa kwemhuka— animal licks
  68. tjinyon'wana— beans type vegetable
  69. gungwa— ocean, sea, lake
  70. Kologwe— Last born
  71. nzila— path (road, trail; not street)
  72. gwadzisana— abuse each other
  73. pedlo pedlo— almost half
  74. sungila mubhadza— attach ploughshare
  75. iba nhu whola— become a old man
  76. hapayila— boiled
  77. se unowamutjila— as if embracing
  78. n'apa yen'we— claw of tiger
  79. kombo— navel
  80. nyenyedzi— star
  81. whuku— chicken
  82. mwedzi ntema— dark moon
  83. umwe nhu wa— another person does
  84. brotheli— brothel
  85. dzwa— belch
  86. nasi— today
  87. bhakhwa— be touched
  88. tjintja— change
  89. kheri— curry
  90. gungwa— lake
  91. nkalabgwa— brother-in-law
  92. bresilethi— bangle/ bracelet
  93. Buhanu— Friday
  94. lukombo— stick
  95. unoonda— he will go
  96. mbgwa— dog
  97. yemula— desire
  98. kuthukwa— brown
  99. sikidzi— bed bug
  100. mukutangisa— at the beginning
  101. kholifulawa— cauliflower
  102. hhalilika hhiho— blind in one eye
  103. unofa— you are dying
  104. bhika— cook food, the act of cooking
  105. tjenje ntjena— ant white
  106. tundu— basket, big bamboo
  107. pehhugwi— above, on the top of
  108. tjebegwa— be deceived
  109. n'hambo wemakumbo— anklet
  110. whobe— fish
  111. fema— breathe
  112. kumbila— ask for
  113. Hhedzi— October
  114. dada— duck
  115. munyu— salt
  116. tjebela— cheating
  117. hhihha— Summer
  118. kene yani— anyone, anything
  119. kwakati kwidi— it is cloudy
  120. koloyi, mota— cart, car
  121. mhahokuyedza— dawn
  122. nkombe— bowl made from gourd
  123. sabona— be blind
  124. whuku— chicken
  125. nzani— dancer (male or female)
  126. nhalu— calf of leg
  127. wakatjifa— you have died
  128. kuyiko— actual
  129. tjiyeto— deed
  130. fuba— chest (body part)
  131. thubula— chop into pieces
  132. bhuda— branch to
  133. moyo— heart
  134. nkololo— son (a traditional Kalanga term for son)
  135. bgwe— stone, rock
  136. nyati— buffalo, male
  137. mwedzi— moon, month
  138. banhu behango— country people
  139. kumbila, bhuzwa— ask
  140. naka kupatjena— beauty is visible
  141. pika— carry on shoulder
  142. sawhisisika— complicated
  143. nhu wakazwipila— devotee
  144. gabha, tjiyelo— barrel
  145. zwiyana— dense
  146. kumbuludza, pa mano— advise
  147. khabothi— chest of drawers (for storage)
  148. tjidleke— nest
  149. da— adore, to
  150. Kubvumbi— grey
  151. minya— swallow
  152. tjili— chili
  153. Ndabhatani— March
  154. hadza— thick porridge
  155. lutabi gwenti— branch of tree
  156. kunamakole— cloudy
  157. ngudza— make clean (physically or spiritually)
  158. bhere, biva— bear
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