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  1. umalume— maternal uncle
  2. umfelokazi— widow
  3. intambo— rope
  4. imbalu— caves
  5. empumalanga— east
  6. inkanyezi— stars
  7. izihlahla— trees
  8. enyakatho— south
  9. umobokazi— bride
  10. obaba— fathers
  11. inyama— meat
  12. thina— we
  13. imvubu— hippopotamuses
  14. isisu— belly (lower part of body, abdomen)
  15. amabholoho— bridges
  16. amatshumi ayisithupha— sixty
  17. impisi— hyena
  18. indlu— house
  19. ameva— thorns
  20. usane— baby
  21. ingulube— pig
  22. isitshiyangalombili— eight
  23. isibili— second
  24. lala ngomhlubulo— lie (on side, recline)
  25. inkulungwane— thousand
  26. amachibi— lakes
  27. ingwenya— crocodile
  28. abakhwenyethu— brothers-in-law
  29. isivunguzane— wind
  30. izipoko— ghosts
  31. impande— root (botanics)
  32. isitha— enemy
  33. izinti— sticks
  34. kuyatshisa— hot (of weather)
  35. abafana— boys
  36. amaluba— flowers
  37. umyeni— groom
  38. impisi— hyenas
  39. amaqhude— cocks
  40. inkawu— monkey
  41. ilanga— day
  42. ixolo— bark
  43. amabhanana— bananas
  44. iqanda— chicken egg
  45. abafowethu— younger brothers
  46. amaphupho— dreams
  47. ukusa— dawn
  48. amachibana— puddles
  49. uphiko— wing
  50. inyanga egcweleyo— full moon
  51. induna— chief
  52. indlela— path (road, trail; not street)
  53. ingqamu— knife
  54. okhulu— maternal grandfathers
  55. isawudo— salt
  56. ifutha— fat
  57. ilele— ladder
  58. ingoma— song
  59. amanqina— elands
  60. ikhanda— head (anatomic)
  61. ingwe— cheetah
  62. omama— mothers
  63. izikepe— boats
  64. idada— duck
  65. ululwane— bat
  66. amathuna— graves
  67. omkami— husbands
  68. amaqanda— chicken eggs
  69. umnyaka— year
  70. intamo— neck (not nape)
  71. abafowethu— elder brothers
  72. ubabomncane— paternal uncle
  73. amahlosi— leopards
  74. omalukazana— daughters-in-law
  75. isiduli sobunyonyo— ant hill
  76. abantu abadala— old people
  77. ingowane— hats
  78. ibholoho— bridge
  79. inyama— flesh (meat)
  80. amavevane— butterflies
  81. amalele— ladders
  82. umlomo— mouth
  83. ubhalu— cave
  84. inkuni— (fire)wood
  85. mina— I
  86. amaphahla— twins
  87. kunengi— many
  88. ubusuku— night
  89. inqina— eland
  90. ilanga— sun
  91. okunye— one
  92. isibhakabhaka— sky
  93. inyawo— claws
  94. umculi— singer
  95. lala— sleep
  96. isihlahla— tree (not log)
  97. igundwane— mouse
  98. isidumbu— dead body
  99. kugcwele— full
  100. uqhuqho— malaria
  101. ingulube— pigs
  102. inkunzi— bulls
  103. ihlosi— leopard
  104. amabele— breasts (female)
  105. ubaba— father
  106. inkukhu— chickens
  107. umkami— wife
  108. umfazi— woman
  109. inkazana— girl
  110. odadewethu— sisters
  111. okumhlophe— white (colour)
  112. abazingeli— hunters
  113. kuthathu— three
  114. ichibi— lake
  115. indoda— man (adult male human)
  116. phapha— fly
  117. umlilo— fire
  118. okubomvu— red (colour)
  119. amatshumi ayisitshiyagalolunye— ninety
  120. indlovu— elephant
  121. amagundwane— mice
  122. inkawu— monkeys
  123. omalume— maternal uncles
  124. igolide— gold
  125. izinyo— tooth (front, rather than molar)
  126. wena— You
  127. amasela— thieves
  128. amatshumi amabili— twenty
  129. ibizo— name
  130. isibungu— insect
  131. izikhwama— bags
  132. inyanga— moon
  133. umfazi— female
  134. amapulazi— farms
  135. amagundwane— rats
  136. intshe— ostriches
  137. intaba— mountain (not hill)
  138. entshonalanga— west
  139. itseketse— flea
  140. okulithanga— yellow (colour)
  141. isithathu— third
  142. amakama— combs
  143. kukhulu— big
  144. phansi— ground
  145. izinduna— chiefs
  146. inyathi— buffaloes
  147. uluju— honey
  148. amahloka— axes
  149. umzingeli— hunter
  150. impunzi— buck
  151. amankazana— girls
  152. inkunzi— bull
  153. inyosi— bees
  154. umnewethu— sister-in-law
  155. izulu— rain
  156. ubabazala— father-in-law
  157. amakhulu amahlanu— five hundred
  158. ima— stand
  159. abafowethu— brothers
  160. kuhlanu— five
  161. abafundisi— priests
  162. ngubani— who?
  163. amakhasi— shells
  164. umntwana— child
  165. kude— long (not 'wide')
  166. inhliziyo— heart
  167. umchilo wamakhosikazi— rainbow
  168. itshumi lane— fourteen
  169. incingo— fences
  170. impunzi— bucks
  171. intombi egcweleyo— virgin
  172. ugogo— paternal grandmother
  173. isandla— hand
  174. ivevane— butterfly
  175. intuthu— smoke (of fire)
  176. amathendele— guinea fowls
  177. ihlamvu— leaf (botanics)
  178. imali— money
  179. amaphuphu— young birds
  180. ikhanka— jackal
  181. itshumi lanye— eleven
  182. impiko— wings
  183. olulwane— bats
  184. inyoka— snakes
  185. amadada— ducks
  186. izibungu— insects
  187. umfundisi— priest
  188. umsila— tail
  189. okhulu— paternal grandfathers
  190. umfowethu— elder brother
  191. fana— die
  192. udadewethu— younger sister
  193. abantu— people
  194. iqanda— egg
  195. inhlanyelo— seed
  196. unyawo— foot (not leg)
  197. udaka— mud
  198. intwala— louse
  199. iwuwu— cockroach
  200. ingwenya— crocodiles
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