NOTE: In Fanakalo the numerals are pronounced in practically the same way as in English. There is a slight difference in the spelling however.
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NUMERALS
English
Fanakalo
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty
twenty-one
twenty-two
twenty-three
wan
tu
tri
fo
fayif
sikis
seven
eyit
nayin
ten
leven
twalof
tertin
fotin
fiftin
sikstin
seventin
eyitin
nayintin
twenti
twenti wan
twenti tu
twenti tri
Pronunciation
tree
leven
twah-Iawf
tehr-teen
twenty-tree
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
200
1000
twenty-four
twenty-five
twenty-six
twenty-seven
twenty-eight
twenty-nine
thirty
forty
fifty
sixty
seventy
eighty
ninety
one hundred
two hundred
one thousand
twenti fo
twenti fayif
twenti silds
twenti seven
twenti eyit
twenti nayin
terti
foti
fifti
sikisti
seventi
eyiti
nayinti
wan handred
tu handred
wan tawusen
tehr-tee
one hahn-dred
two hahn-dred
one tow-s'n
CALENDAR
today
tomorrow
yesterday
early
late
afternoon
night time
tonight
Monday
namhla
kusasa
izolo
kuseni
leyit
ntambama
busuku
namhla busuku
Mvulo
nahm-shlah
koo-sah-sah
ee-zaw-Iaw
koo-seh-nee
late
ntahm-bah-mah
boo-soo-koo
nahm-shlah boo-soo-koo
Mvuh-Io
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
week
this week:
next weelk
last week:
Sibini
Sitatu
Sine
Sihlanu
Mqibelo
Sonta
wik
lo wik
lo wik yena fika
lo wik yena dlulile;
lo wik yena pelile
month
this month
next month
last month
nyanga
lo nyanga
lo uyanga yena fika
lo nyanga yena dlulile;
lo nyanga yena pelile
See-bee-nee
See-tah-too
See-neh
See-shlah-noo
Mqee-beh-Iow
Sawn-tah
week
law week
law week yhe-nah fee-kah
law week yhe-nah dIoolee-Ieh; law week yhe-nah
peh-Iee-Ieh
nyahng-gah
law nyahng-gah
NOTE: In Fanakalo the names of the months are pronounced practically the same as in English. There is a slight difference in the spelling.
English
Fanakalo
Pronunciation
January
February
March
April
May
June
Januari
Februari
Matsh
April
Meyi
Jun
lah-noo-wah-ree
Feb-roo-wah-ree
July
August
September
October
November
December
year
this year
next year
last year
Julay
Agas
Septemba
Oktoba
Novemba
Disemba
nyaka
lo nyaka
lo nyaka yena fika
lo nyaka yena dlulile;
lo nyaka yena pelile
Fanakalo
English
Ah-gahs
nyah-kah
pronunciation
A
adapta
Agas
aka
aka
hlanganisa
Alimak
ampur
aptitude test
aseyi otis
asha klam
asi, tshaf
asi, tshaf (machinery)
adaptor
August
erect v.
build v.
gather (bring together)
AIimak
almost
mlabalab
assay office
usher clamp
axle
shaft
ah-dahp-tah
Ah-gahs
ah-kah
ah-kah
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
Ah-lee-maIk
ahm-pur
mlah-bah-Iab
assay aw-fees
ah-shah klahm
ah-see, tshahf
ah-see, tshahf
asid
atofu
atombazana
awal
ayi (reply)
ayi bawut
ayidin
ayikona
ayikona
ayikona azi enza
ayikona azi enza
ayikona buka
ayikona buka
Ayikona buka!
ayikona bukali
ayikona izwa
ayikona izwa
ayikona kanya
ayikona limalile
ayikona limalile
ayikona saba
ayikona saba
Ayikona saba!
ayikona shukuma
ayikona shukuma
Ayikona shukuma!
Ayikona shukuma!
ayikona tshetsha
acid
lead (metal) n
girl
hour
no
eye bolt
iodine
don't
not
will not do
shall not do
blind (cannot see)
cannot see (blind)
Don't look!
blunt
cannot hear (deaf)
deaf (cannot hear)
dim adj.
unhurt
safe adj.
brave
unafraid
Don't be afraid!
don't move
keep still
Don't move!
Keep still!
slow
ah-seed
ntaw-foo
ntom-bah-zah-nah
au-wahl
eye
eye-baut
eye-deen
eye-kaw-nah
eye-kaw-nah
eye-kaw-nah ah-zee en-zah
eye-kaw-nah ah-zee en-zah
eye-kaw-nah boo-kah
eye-kaw-nah boo-kah
Eye-kaw-nah boo-kahl
eye-kaw-nah boo-kah-lee
eye-kaw-nah eez-wah
eye-kaw-nah eez-wah
eye-kaw-nah kan-yah
eye-kaw-nah lee-mah- lee-Ieh
eye-kaw-nah lee-mah-lee- leh
eye-kaw-nah sah-bah
eye-kaw-nah sah-bah
Eye-kaw-nah sah-bah!
eye-kaw-nah shoo-koo-mah
eye-kaw-nah shoo-koo-mah
Eye-kaw-nah shoo-koo-mah!
Eye-kaw-nah shoo-koo-mah!
eye-kaw-nah tsheh-tshah,
ayikona tshetsha
Ayikona tshetsha!
Ayikona yeka!
ayíkona funa
azi
azi
azi
azi
azi
aziko
aziko
aziko
aziko
aziko
aziko ndawo
aziko nqondo
aziko nqondo
aziko stim
aziko, nikis
slowly
Slowly!
Don't let go!
don't want
able
can v.
know
shall
will
absent
aren't any (isn't any)
isn't any (aren't any)
nil (no)
no (nil)
nowhere
faint (unconscious)
unconscious (faint)
weak
nothing
baba
baket ka lo tshaf
baket
baket ka lo bosh
bala!
baleka
father
kibble
bucket
latrine bucket
Count!
run
eye-kaw-nah tsheh-tshah,
Eye-kaw-nah tsheh-tshah!
Eye-kaw-nah yen-kahl
eye-kaw-nah foo-nah
ah-zee
ah-zee
ah-zee
ah-zee
ah-zee
ah-zee-koo
ah-zee-koo
ah-zee-koo
ah-zee-koo
ah-zee-koo
ah-zee-koo ndah-o
ah-zee-koo nqawn-daw
ah-zee-koo nqawn-daw
ah-zee-koo steam,
ah-zie-koo, nee-kees
B
bah-bah
bah-keht kah law tshahf
bah-keht
tiah-keht kah la w bosh
bah-Iah!
bah-leh-kah
baleka fìyoz
baleka!
bamba
bamba
bamba
bamba
bamba
bamba
bamba buya, tika
bamba!
bambile ka lo ges
band
band
band ka lo ngalo
band saga
banda, makaza
banda, makaza
dibanisa
bantsh
bantsh (clothing)
bantu
bar jek (rock drill)
barikeyid
barikeyid (safety device)
bas
bas
bas
bas ka Io tonel
igniter cord
run!
take
catch
cling
grasp
grip
take hold of
arrest. arrIve
Catch!
shocked by electricity
belt
strap
bangle
bandsaw
cool
cold
join v.
jacket
coat n.
people
jack-bar
barricade
stull
boss
ganger (miner)
miner (ganger)
developer
bah-leh-kah fee-awz
bah-Ieh-kah!
balun-bah
bahm-bah
bahm-bah
bahm-bah
bahm-bah
balun-bah
bahm-bah boo-yah, fee-kah
bahm-bah!
bahm-bee-Ieh kah law ges
bahnd
bahnd
bahn-d kah law ngah-Iaw
bahnd sacha (ch as in loch)
ahn-da, mah-kah-zah
balm-da, mah-kah-zah
dee-bah-nee-sah
bahntsh
bahntsh
bahn-to
barjeck
bah-ree-cade
bah-ree-cade
bah-s
bahs
hahs
bahs kah law taw-nehl
bas ka lo bleksmit
bas ka lo boyila
bas ka lo fitas
bas ka lo ges
bas ka lo kapenta, Kapenta
bas ka lo kej, gayi-gayi
bas ka lo skip,
bas ka lo tshaf
basebenzi
basebenzi
basela
basela
batala
batala
bawut
bawut ka lo fishpleyit
bayisikel
bayiskop
bayiskop
mbay-mbay
beak
beak
bej
beka!
bel waya
bend
bend ka lo ngqiniba
benda
blacksmith
boilermaker
fitter
electrician
carpenter
cage attendant
skípman
shaft timberman
workers (workmen)
workmen (workers)
gift (present n.)
present n. (gift)
pay n.
reward v.
bolt
fish-plate bolt
bicycle
bioscope (cinema)
cinema (bioscope)
just now m
place v.
put down
badge
put down!
bell wire
bend n.
elbow bend
bend v.
bahs kah law black-smeet
bahs kah law boy-ee-lah .
bahs kah law fee-tahs
bahs kah Iaw ges
bahs kah law carpenter, carpenter
bahs kah law kehj, gy-gy
bahs kah law skip, bahs kah law skehp,
bahs kah la w tshahf
bah-seh-behn-zee
bah-seh-behn-zee
bah-seh-lah
bah-seh-lah
bah-tah-lah
bah-tah-lah
baut
baut kah law fishplate
bicycle
bioscope
bioscope
mby-mby
beh-kah
beh-kah
bedge
beh-kah!
bel why-ah
behn-d
behnd kah law ngqee-nee- bah
behn-dah
bendekile
bendekile
bendij
bendij
benk (e.g. money, shaft)
bering
beter
betri
bhala
bhala!
bhema (tobacco)
bikil
bila (water)
bita pik
bita pik
biza
biza!
blandi
blanket, ngubo
bleksmit
bleyit
blok
blok
blu!
bluk
hlukanisa
bobojan spanela
bodlel
bent (crooked)
crooked (bent)
bandage (dressing)
dressing(bandage)
bank
bushing
better adj.
battery
write
write!
smoke v.
mug
boil v.
beater pick
be careful! (beware!)
call v.
Call!
brandy
blanket
blacksmith
blade
block n.
plug n.
brother
trousers
divide
stillson wrench
bottle
behn-deh-kee-leh
behn-deh-kee-Ieh
behn-dish
helm-dish
behnk
beh-ring
beh-tehr
beh-tree
bah-lah
bah-lah!
bheh-mah
bee-keel
bee-lah
bee-tah pick
bee-tah pick
bee-zah
bee-zah!
blahn-dee
blanket, ngoo-baw
black-smeet
blade
blawk
blawk
blool
blook
shloo-kah-nee-sah
baw-baw-jahn spah-neh-lah
bawd-lehl
bokis
bokis
bokis ka lo mpahla
bokis ka lo tshaf
bol
boleka
boleka
boliIe
bolile
bonas
bonda
bonda!
bondel
boner (lamp)
bonga
bonga!
bontsh
bopa !, Fasa!
bopa!, Fasa!
bopa!, Fasa!
bopa!, Fasa!
bopa, fasa
bopa, fasa
bopa, fasa
bopa, fasa
bopanile
bora!, tshaya lo hol!
bora,
bin
box n.
tool-box
shaft box
ball
borrow
lend
rotten
septic
bonus
stir
stir!
bundle
burner
thank
thank you! (thanks!)
bean
secure!
Fasten!
Lace!
tie!
fasten
lace v.
secure v,
tie v.
entangled
Drill!
drill v.
baw-kees
baw-kees
baw-kees kah law mpah-shlah
baw-kees kah law tshahf
ball
baw-Ieh-kah
baw-leh-kah
baw-lee-leh
baw-lee-leh
baw-nahs
bawn-dah
bawn-dah!
bawn-dehl
baw-nehr
bawng-gah
bawng-gah!
bawn-tsh
baw-pah!, Fah-sah!
baw-pah!, Fah-sah!
baw-pah l, Fah-sah !
baw-pah!, Fah-sah!
baw-pah, fah-sah
baw-pah, fah-sah
baw-pah, fah-sah
baw-pah, fah-sah
baw-pah-nee-leh
baw-rahl, tshy-ah law hawl!
baw-rah,
bora, tshaya lo hol
boraks
bomvu
bosh
bosh
boyila
brash
brash ka lo waya
brik
brik band
bucopo
buhlungu
buhlungu
buhlungu
buhlungu
buk
buka!
bukali
bulala
bulala
bulala
bulala
bulala!
bulala!
bulala!
busman (mechanical or electric)
busman ka lo ges
buso (part of body)
bore v. (drill v)
borax
red
latrine (lavatory)
lavatory (latrine)
boiler
brush n.
wire brush
brake n.
brake band
brain
ache n. (pain)
grief
pain (ache n.)
painful
book
Look!
sharp
break v.
damage v.
destroy v.
kill
break!
Destroy!
Kill!
Loader
electric loader
face n.
baw-rah, tshy-ah law hawl
baw-rahks
bawm-voo
tiosh
tiosh
boy-ee-Iah
brahsh
brahsh kah law why-ah
bree-k
bree-k bahnd
boo-qaw-paw
boo-shloong-goo
boo-shloong-goo
boo-shloong-goo
boo-shloong-goo
book
boo-kahl
boo-kah-lee
boo-lah-lah
boo-lah-lah
boo-lah-lah
boo-lah-lah
boo-lah-lah l
boo-Iah-Iah!
boo-lah-lah!
boos-mahn
boas-mahn kah law ges
boo-saw
busuku
butisa
buya!, pika!
buya!, pika!
buya, fika
buya, fika
buya,fika
buza
buza
buza!
night
weak
Come!
Come back!
come
come back (return)
return (come back)
ask
request v.
Ask!
boo-soo-koo
boo-tee-sah
boo-yah l.Fee-kah !
boo-yahl, Fee-kahl
boo-yah, fee-kah
boo-yah, fee-kah
boo-yah, fee-kah
boo-zah
boo-zah
boo-zah!
C
cabanga
cabanga
Cabanga!
caleni
caleni
cama
Cama!
cima
cima (e.g. candle)
cima!
Cima! (e.g. candle)
cobela (explosives)
cobela (explosives)
cobela stik
cuk spayik
Meditate
think
think!
aside
side n.
urinate
urinate!
switch off
put out (extinguish 2)
switch off!
put out!
charge Y. (charge up)
charge up (charge v.)
charging stick
coupling rod h
qah-bahng-gah
qah-bahng-gah
qah-bahng-gah!
qah-leh-nee
qah-leh-nee
qah-mah
qah-mah!
qee-mah
qee-mah
qee-mah!
qee-mah!
qaw-beh-Iah
qaw-beh-lah
qaw-beh-Iah stick
hook spike
cuka
cook n.
koo-cah
D
dabuka
dabuka
dabula
dabula
daga
daga (clay)
dakiwe
dakiwe (drunk as a result of gas)
dakiwe
dam
dam ka lo motol
dawo ka lo puma
dayik (geological)
dayiman mtshin
dayis (e.g. bolt)
dibana, hlangana
dip (disinfectant)
dlala
dlula, wela
dlula lo spor
dlula spor
Dlula!
Dlula!
dlula, wela
burst v. (crack v.)
crack v. (burst v.)
split
tear v.
clay
tamping
drunk
gassed
intoxicated
dam
settling dam
exit (outlet) n
dyke
diamond drill
thread n.
meet
dip n.
play v.
pass v.
crossing
level crossing
Cross!
pass!
cross v.
dah-boo-kah
dah-boo-kah
dah-boo-lah
dah-boo-lah
dah-gah
dah-gah
dah-kee-weh
dah-kee-weh
dah-kee-weh
dahm
dahm kah law maw-tawl
ndah-o kah law poo-mah
dyke
dy-ee-mahn mtsheen
dice
dee-bah-nah, shlahng-gah-nah
deep
dlah-lah
dloo-lah, weh-Iah
dloo-Iah law spawr
dIoo-lah spawr
Dloo-lah!
Dloo-Iah!
dloo-lah, weh-lah
dlumba
dokis
dokis
dokotel
dolo d
donga, wol
dongan
dongan
dongan switsh
dontsa
dontsa
dontsa
dontsa
Dontsa!
Dontsa!
Dontsa!
dopi
dorop, tawun
doti
doti
drayi pontsh (railway)
drayiva
drayiva
drayiva ka lo holij
Drayiva!
dres
dresa
dresa
swell v.
dog spike(rail spike)
rail spike (dog spike)
doctor n.
knee n.
wall
(stope car)
stope car(end-tipping car)
single-blade switch
pub v.
drag v.
haul v.
jerk
Drag!
Haul!
pull!
detonator
town
dirt
rubbish
turn-table
drive v.
driver
haulage-engine driver
Drive!
queue n,
queue v. (queue up)
queue up (queue v.)
doom-bah
daw-kees
daw-kees
daw-kaw-tehl
aw-law
dawng-gah, wall
dong-gahn
dong-gahn
dawng-gahn switch
dawnt-sah
dawnt-sah
dawnt-sah
dawnt-sah
Dawnt-sah!
Dawnt-sah!
Dawnt-sah!
daw-pee
daw-rawp, town
daw-tee
daw-tee
dry pawntsh
dry-ee-vah
dry-ee-vah
dry-ee-vah kah law haw-litsh
Dry-ee-vah!
dress
dreh-sah
dreh-sah
Dresa!
drom (e.g. machinery cable)
Dubula! (sound of Explosion)
Dubula! (sound of explosion)
duma
duze
duze
duze
peka
jelatin
queue up!
drum
bang! (boom!)
boom! (bang!)
thunder
close to
near
next to
cook v,
explosive n.
Dreh-sah!
drawm
Doo-boo-lah!
Doo-boo-lah!
doo-mah
doo-zeh
doo-zeh
doo-zeh
peh-kah
jeh-Iah-teen
E
enjin
enjiner
enjm
enza
enza
enza
Enza!
etsha
eyit
engine
engineer
hoist n.
do
shape v.
make
Do!
examine (investigate) s
entrance
engine
engi-nehr
engme
en-zah
en-zah
en-zah
En-zah!
eht-shah
gate
F
faji
faji
barrel
vat
fah-jee
fah-jee
faka
faka
faka
faka
faka
faka
faka lo mafuta
faka lo mafuta
faka lo mafuta
Faka lo mafuta!
Faka lo mafuta!
Faka lo mafuta!
faka nyawo
Faka!
Faka!
fakaz
fanakalo
fanakalo
fanana
fanana
fanisa
Fanisa !
fasile
fayil
fen
fen band
feng bawut
fest eyid
attach
insert (put in)
Install
put in (insert)
put on
stick on
grease v.
oil v.
lubricate
grease!
Oil!
Lubricate!
lashing shoe
put in! (Insertl)
put on!
witness v.
English
English
alike (similar)
similar (alike)
copy v.
Copy!
stuck
file
fan
fan belt
fang boIt
superintendent
fah-kah
fah-kah
fah-kah
fah-kah
fah-kah
fah-kah
fah-kah law mah-foo-tah
fah-kah law mah-foo-tah
fah-kah law mah-foo-tah
Fah-kah law mah-foo-tahl
Fah-kah law mah-foo-tahl
Fah-kah law mah-foo-tah!
fah-kah nyah-o
Fah-kahl
Fah-kah!
fah-kahz
ronunciation
pronunciation
fah-nah-nah
fah-nah-nah
ah-nee-sah
ah-nee-sah!
fah-see-Ieh
file
fehn
fehn bahnd
fehng baut
fist aid
festel
fest-eyid
fida
fìenj
fihla
fihla (something)
fihla l (something)
Fihla!
fikisa
Fikisa!
file
filim
fish pleyit
fit (measuring unit)
fiymatshin sparag
fiyoz
flo
fokis
fokis
fokis
fokis
fokis band
fokis band
fokis band
fokis sling
fokis sling
fokis sling
fokis sling
window
first-aid
feeder
flange
conceal (hide v.)
hide v. (conceal)
Hide! (Conceal!)
Conceal! (Hide!)
bring
bring!
dead
film
fish plate
feet
aeroplane safety device
fuse n.
floor
detective
mine security
watchman
safety device
iifebelt 1 (safety belt)
lifebelt2
safety belt (lifebelt 1)
lifeline 1 (safety rope, safety sling)
lifeline 2
safety rope (safety sling, lifeline 1)
safety sling (safety rope, lifeline 1)
fehs-tehl
fist aid
fee-dah
flenge
fee-shlah
fee-shlah
Fee-swah!
Fee-shlah!
fee-kee-sah
Fec-kce-sah!
fee-leh
fee-Ieem
fish plate
feet
fiy-mtsheen spahurahg
fee-awz
flaw
faw-kees
faw-kees
faw-kees
faw-kees
faw-kees bahnd
faw-kees bahnd
faw-kees bahnd
faw-kees sling
faw-kees sling
faw-kees sling
faw-kees sling
fokis spor (e.g. inclined shaft)
fokis tsheyin
fokis waya
foloman
fom (e,g. casting)
foshol
foshol
freyim
funa
funa
funa
funa
funa
Funa!
Funa!
funda
funda
funda!
funda!
fundile
fundile (e.g. man)
fundile
fundile (e.g. man)
fundisa
fundisa
fundisa
fundo
fut bal
safety rail
safety chain
earth wire
foreman
mould n.
shovel n.
spade
frame
long v.
need v.
require
want
look for
Find! (Look for!)
Look for! (Find!)
learn
read
read!
Learn!
practised
experienced
learnt
learned adj.
instruct (teach, train v.)
teach (ínstruct, train v.)
train v. (teach, instruct)
lesson
soccer (football)
faw-kees spawr
faw-kees chain
faw-kees why-ah
faw-law-mahn
form
faw-shawl
faw-shawl
frame
foo-nab
foo-nah
foo-nah
foo-nah
foo-nah
Foo-nah!
foo-nah!
foon-dah
foon-dah
Foon-dah!
foon-dah!
foon-dee-leh
oon-dee-Ieh
foon-dee-leh
f oon-dee-leh
foon-dee-sah
foon-dee-sah
foon-dee-sah
mfoon-daw
football
fut bol
futi
futi
futi
futi
football (soccer)
again
also (too)
more
too (also)
football
foo-tee
foo-tee
foo-tee
foo-tee
G
gad
gaIi bokis (electricity)
gali
gama
gama
gaskit
gaskit ka lo jompor
gaskit ka lo jornpor
gaskit ka lo mgqala
gaskit ka lo ventileyishin
gavment
gaya
gaya
gaya
gaya
gayi-gayi
gazi
gcina (e.g. money)
gcma
gcwalile
guard n.
gully box
gully
name n.
word
gasket
jumper guard(collaring rubber shield)
collaring rubber shield(jumper guard)
pinch-bar guard.
ventilation gasket
government
break up (crush, grind)
crush v. (grind, break up)
grind (crush, break up)
mill v.
gaiga
blood
save
retain (keep)
full
gahd
gah-Iee baw-kees
gah-Iee
gah-mah
gah-mah
gahs-keet
gahs-keet kah law jawm-pawr
gahs-keet kah law jawm- pawr
gahs-keet kah law rngah-lah
gahs-keet kah law ventilation
gahv-ment
gy-ah
gy-ah
gy-ah
gy-ah
gy-gy
gah-zee
Igcee-nah
gcee-nah
gcwah-Iee-Ieh
gcwalisa
Gcwalisa !
geina
geng buk
geng buk
geng
geng, span, tim
ger
gerbokis
ges
ges (electricity)
geyij (instrument)
geyij ka lo spor(instrument)
geyit
geyit spor
Ginya !
Ginya!
glas
goli
goli
golid
golid, Mali
gqala
Gqala!
gqoka
gqoka (clothes)
Gqoka!
gqongqosa
fill
Fill!
keep (retain)
gang book (gang card)
gang card (gang book)
team 1 (gang)
gang (team 1)
gear
gearbox
electricity
current
gauge n.
track gauge
gate
drop rail
swallow v.
swallow!
glass
mining area
witwatersrand
gold concentrate
gold
bar down
bar down!
dress v.
wear v.
Dress!
knock v.
gcwah-lee-sah
gcwah-lee-sah!
gcee-nah
geng book
geng book
geng
geng, spahn, team
gehr
gehr-baw-kees
ges
ges
gauge
gauge kah law spawr
gate
gate spawr
geen-yah
geen-yah!
glass.
gaw-lee
gaw-Iee
gaw-leed
gaw-Ieed, mah-lee
gah-Iah
gah-Iah!
gqaw-kah
gqaw-kah
gqaw-kah!
gqawng-gqaw-sah
Gqongqosa!
gqosha
gqosha
gqosha
guda
gula
gula
gula ka lo tshisa
gundwan sparag
guqa
guqa!
gusha
gwayi
gwayi
gweba
Knock!
chase away
discharge (dismiss, fire v. 1)
dismiss(discharge, fire v. 1)
diarrhoea
ill (sick)
sick (ill)
beat stroke
skid sprag
kneel
Kneel!
sheep
snuff
tobacco
sentence v.
gqawng-gqaw-sah!
gqaw-shah
gqaw-shah
gqaw-shah
goo-dah
goo-Iah
goo-lah
goo-lah kah law cheesa
goond-one spah-rahg
goo-qah
goo-qah!
goo-shah
gwhy-ee
gwhy-ee
gweh-bah
H
ha wus ka lo mali
haf
hamba
hamba
hamba (go away)
hamba kahle! (to someone going)
hamba na
hamba na
Hamba na!
hamba pambili
smelting house
balf
go
walk
leave v.
goodbye!
accompany (go with)
go with (accompany)
go with!
advance(move forward)
house kah law mah-lee
half
hahm-bah
hahm-bah
hahm-bah
Hahm-bah gah-shlehl
hahm-bah nah
hahm-bah nah
Hahm-bah nah!
hahm-bah pahm-bee-lee
hamba pambili
Hamba pambili!
hamba pantsi
hamba pantsi
Hamba pantsi!
Hamba!
Hamba!
Hambisa pantsi
Hambisa pantsi!
hambisa! (somewhere)
hambisa. (somewhere)
hamel
handel
handel
handel
handel
hash
hawus ka lo enjin
hawus ka lo moya
hawus, kaya
Hawus, kaya !
hekso
hemp
hIeka
hileka
hita
hlaba
hlaba
move forward (advance)
Move forward!
descend (go down)
go down (descend) !
go down!
go!
walk!
lower v.
Lower!
take!
take
hammer n.
arm 1 (lever ann)
handle n.
lever arm (arm)
lever n,
horse
engine room
air chamber
house (home)
home (house)
hacksaw
shirt
smile v.
laugh
heater
inject
penetrate
hahm-bah pahm-bee-lee
Hahm-bah pahm-bee-lee!
hahrn-bah pahnt-see
hahm-bah pahnt-see
Hahrn-bah pahnt-see l
Hahm-bah!
Hahm-bah!
hahm-bee-sah pahnt-see
hahm-bee-sah pahnt-see!
Hahm-bee-sah!
hahm-bee-sah
hah-mehl
hahn-dehl
hahn-dehl
hahn-dehl
hahn-dehl
hahsh
house kah law engine
house kah law moy-ah
house, ky-ah
house, ky-ah'
hack-saw
hemp
shleh-kah
shleh-kah
hee-tah
shlah-bah
shlah-bah
hlaba
hlaba
hlabela
Hlabela!
hlakanipa
hlakanipile
hlakanipile
hlakanipile
hlakanipisa
hlakula
hlala
hlala
hlala kahle
hlala pantsi
Hlala pantsi!
Hlala pantsi!
hlala!
hlanganisa
hlanganisa
hlanganisa
hlanganisa
hlanganisa
hlanza
hlati
hlati
hlatin
hleka!
hlonipa
pierce
stab
sing
sing!
wisdom
clever (intelligent)
intelligent (elever)
wise
advise
hoe v.
sit
stay
sit comfortably
sit down
be seated! (sit down!)
sit down! (be seated!)
stay!
add
bring together (gather)
collect
combine
mix
vomit v.
forest (trees)
wood (forest)
veld
smile!
respect
shlah-bah
shlah-bah
shlah-beh-lah
shlah-beh-lah!
shlah-kah-nee-pah
shlah-kah-nee-pee-Ieh
shlah-kah-nee-pee-Ieh
shlah-kah-nee-pee-leh
shlah-kah-nee-pee-sah
shlah-koo-lah
shlah-lah
shlah-lah
shlah-lah gah-shleh
shlah-Iah pahnt-see
shlah-Iah pahnt-see!
shlah-Iah pahnt-see!
shlah-lah
swahng-gah-nee-sah
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
shlahn-zah
shlah-tee
shlah-tee
shlah-teen
shIeh-kah!
shlaw-nee-pah
hlukanile
hlukanile
hlukanile
hlukanisa
hlukanisa
Hlukanisa!
Hlukanisa!
hluleka, pazama
hole (blasting)
hola (wages)
holij
hopa, fasa
hopor
hostel
Hova!
hoya
huk
huka
huka
apart
divided
parted
part v.
separate v.
Divide!
separate!
fail
hole
draw
haulage
rig v.
hopper
hostel
Lash back!
lash back
hook
look v.
see
shloo-kah-nee-leh
shloo-kah-nee-leh
shloo-kah-nee-leh
shloo-kah-nee-sah
shloo-kah-nee-sah
shloo-kah-nee-sah!
shloo-kah-nee-sah!
shloo-leh-kah, pah-zah-mah
hawl
haw-lah
haw-litsh
baw-pah, fah-sah
haw-pawl'
haw-stehl
Haw-vah!
haw-vah
hook
boo-kah
boo-kah
I
Idla!
idla
levelal
ifa
I-ilakula!
ilwa
mahewu m
Eat!
eat
Level off!
die v.
Hoe!
mah-heh-o
Eed-Iah!
eed-Iah
leh-veh-Iah!
ee-fah
shlah-koo-Iah!
ima
ima
ima (e.g. candle)
Ima!
imba
imba (e.g. shaft)
Imba!
imbela ngozi v
imisa
Imisa !
inakulu litshe
indlu
indlu
inhlana (part of body)
ini ndaba
inja
inklayin tshaf
inl
instrakta
into
into
inuva ka lo skat,
ipa
iteyit
iwa
iwile
iwisa
iza (development)
fight v.
extinguish 1 c
stand v.
extinguish 2 (put out) c
stand!
dig
sink v.
Dig!
safety v
stop
stop!
big rock
chamber (room)
room (chamber)
back
why
dog
incline shaft
what
instructor
something
thing
afterwards
extract k
late
fall
fell v.
drop v.
eel-wah
qee-mah
ee-mah
qee-mah
Ee-mah!
eem-bah
eern-bah
Eem-bah l
eem-beh-Iah ngaw-zee
ee-mee-sah
Ee-mee-sah!
mah-coo-Ioo leet-she
eend-Ioo
eend-Ioo
ltIshlah-nah
ee-nee ndah-bah
een-jah
incline tshahf
ee-nee
instrahk-tah
een-too
een-too
moo-yah kah law skaht,
kee-pah
liate
ee-wah
ee-wee-leh
ee-wee-sah
izolo
izwa
izwa
izwakala
izwe l
jabula
jabula
jabula
jabula
jabulisa
jaga
jaga!
janasbek, ja
jek
jek (in films)
jek
jek pak,
jek pak, jek prop
jek prop
jekshin
jelatin
jeraf
jeyil, stokis
jeyil, stokis
jeyil, stokis
easer
yesterday
feel
hear
audible
country (land) l
ee-zah
ee-zaw-law
eez-wah
eez-wah
eez-wah-kah-Iah
eez-weh
J
glad (happy, pleased)
happy (glad, pleased)
pleased (glad, happy)
satisfied
please v.
rush
rush!
Johannesburg
car lifter (iack)
cowboy
jack (car lifter)
hydraulic prop
friction prop(hydraulic prop)
(friction prop)
injection
dynamite n.
sub-incline cage
gaol gail, prison)
jail (gaol, prison)
iah-boo-lah
jah-boo-lah
jah-boo-lah
jah-boo-lah
jah-boo-Iee-sah
jah-chah (eh as in loch)
Jah-chah! (eh as in loch).
h-nahs-behk,
jeck
jeck
jeck
jeck pahk,
jeck pahk, jeck prop
jeck prop
jeck-shin
jeh-lah-teen
giraffe
jail, staw-kees
jail, staw-kees
jika (e.g. round a corner)
jika! (e.g. round a corner)
jikela
jim krow
jim set
jim set
jinga
jingisa (something)
jingisa (something)
joyin
joki
jompor
joyin (contract)
juba
juba
juba
juba lo malahla
Juba!
Juba!
juluka
juluka, tamba
jwayelisa
prison (gaol, jail)
turn v.
tum!
around
jim-crow
extension rail (jump set)
jump set(extension rail)
swing v.
hang
hang up
contract
jockey
drill jumper (jumper)
agreement
carve
cut v.
reduce
Cut!
reduce!
sweat v. (perspire)
perspire (sweat v.)
acclimatize
kwela
kipa
ka mina
jail, staw-kees
jee-kah
Jee-kah!
jee-keh-Iah
jim crow
jim set
jim set
Jeeng-gah
jing-gee-sah
j ing-gee-sah
join
jockey
jawm-pawr
join
joo-bah
joo-bah
joo-bah
joo-bah law mah-lah shlah
Joo-bah!
Joo-bah!
joo-loo-kah
joo-Ioo-kah, tahm-bah
jwah-yeh-Iee-sah
K
get on
remove!
kweh-Iah
Kee-pah!
ka mina
ka tina
ka wena
ka yena
ka yena
ka yena
kaba
Kaba!
kabani
kafula
Kafula!
kahle
kahle (be careful)
kahle (be careful)
Kahle!
kahle! (be careful)
kaka (trophy) ;
kal
kala
kala
kala
kala
kalik
kalisa lo mpempe!,
kalisa lo mpempel,
kama
kama
kama
mine prono
my
ours
yours
hers
bis
theirs
kick v.
Kick!
whose
spit v.
spit!
gently
slowly
slow
gently!
shield n.
scale s
complain
cry (weep)
squeak
weep (cry)
Lime
blow the whistle!
sound the whistle!
choke v. (throttle v.)
squeeze
kah mee-nah
kah mee-nah
kah tee-nah
ka wheh-nah
kah yhe-nah
kah yhe-nah
kah yhe-nah
kah-bah
Kah-bah!
kah-bah-nee
kah-foo-Iah
Kah-foo-lah!
gah-shleh
gah-shleh
gah-shleh
gah-shlehl
2 gah-shIeh!
kah-kah
skahl
kah-Iah
kah-lah
kah-lah
kah-Iah
kah-Ieek
Kah-lee-sah law mpehm- peh!,
Kah-Iee-sah law mpehm-peh !,
kah-mah
kah-mah
kama!
kam-kam
kana
kandlel
kanjani
kantolo, kot
kanya (e.g. light)
kanyisa (e.g. a /loor)
kapenta tshap,
kaplin (pipe)
kaplin huk
kasa
Kasa!
katala ka lo tshisa
katalile
katalile
katanis
kataza,
kataza, kwatisa
kava
kava bendij
kayena
kebul ka lo ges,
kebul ka lo ges,
kej
kepis ka lo taful,
keta
keta
throttle v. (choke v.)
squeeze!
rain
possess 1 (bas)
candle
how
court house n
shine
shine
carpenter's shop
coupling
coupling hook
crawl v.
Crawl!
heat exhaustion
exhausted
tired
pipe cutter
annoy
worry v. (annoy)
cover n.
cover bandage k
its
cable(electric cable)
electric cable
cage
brow
choose (select, elect)
kah-mah
Kah-mah!
kahm-kahm
kaw-nah
kahnd-lehl
kahn-jah-nee
nkahn-taw-law, court
kahn-yah
kahn-yhee-sah
carpenter tshah-p,
kahp-leen
kahp-leen hook
kah-sah
Kah-sah!
kah-tah-lah kah law cheesa
kah-tah-Iee-leh
kah-tah-lee-leh
kah-tahn-ees
kah-tah-zah,
kah-tah-zah, kwah-tee-sah
ah-vah
kah-vah behn-dish
kah yhe-nah
keh-bul kah law ges,
keh-bul kah law ges,
kehj
keh-pees kah law tah-ful,
keh-tah
keta
keta
keta!
ketel
khotama (coal mining)
kiok
kiok ka lo smok
kIok,
kipa
kipa
kipa
kipa
kipa (water)
kipa sitof
kipa sitof
Kipa sitof!
Kipa sitof!
Kipa!
Kipa!
kipa!
Kipa!
Kipa! (water)
kishin
kiya
kiya
kiya
kiya (e.g. lock)
Kiya!
elect (choose, select)
select (choose, elect)
sort v.
sort!
kettle
top of cut
bell
air whistle
remove
take off
take out
unload
bale v.
remove ore
tram v.
remove the ore!
tram the ore!
Extract!
take off!
take out!
unload!
bale!
kitchen
lock n.
lock v,
padlock
key
keh-tah
keh-tah
keh-tah
Keh-tah!
kettle
kawt-tah-mah
clock
clock kah law smaw-k
clock,
kee-pah
kee-pah
kee-pah
kee-pah
kee-pah
kee-pah see-tawf
kee-pah see-tawf
Kee-pah see-tawf!
Kee-pah see-tawf!
Kee-pah!
Kee-pah!
Kee-pah!
Kee-pah!
Kee-pah!
kee-sheen
kee-yah
kee-yah
kee-yah
kee-yah
klam
klam ka lo kebul
klash
klok
klok
klok
klok ka lo mahovan
klok ka lo smesh
kodwa
kodwa
kofi
Kohlela!
kohlisa,
kohlisa, swaya
kohlisa, swaya
kohliwe
kohlo (direction)
kohlwa
kokela
koko
kol tshizel
kola ka lo tshaf
kola ka lo tshaf
komba
komba
komba
komba
komba skwel
Lock!
clamp n.
cable gland
clutch n.
call bell
signal bell
hooter
scraper whistle
alarm
but (however)
however (but)
coffee
Cough!
trick (deceive)
deceive (trick)
mislead
forgotten
left
forget
lead v.
cocoa
cold set
collar (shaft collar)
shaft collar (collar)
demonstrate
indicate
show v.
mark v.
Kee-yah!
klahm
klahm kah law keh-bul
klah-sh
clock
clock
clock
clock kah law mah-haw-vahn
clock kah law smesh
kawd-wah
kawd-wah
kaw-fee
Kaw-shleh-lah!
kaw-shlee-sah,
kaw-shlee-sah, swy-ah
kaw-shlee-sah, swy-ah
kaw-shlee-weh
kaw-shlaw
kawshl-wah
mkaw-keh-lah
kaw-kaw
call chisel
kaw-lah kah law tshahf
kaw-lah kah law tshahf
kawm-bah
kawm-bah
kawrn-bah
kawm-bah
Komba!
kombisa
komitsh
komitsh
komitsh ka lo mafuta
kompresa
kompresa ka lo makaza
kona
kona
kona
kona
kona
kona
kona
kona
kona
kona manje,
kona manje,
kona manje,
kona tshala
konkrit
krash (gang office)
krismus
kronstat
kros teyip
krosbi klam
kuba
kubeka
boje director
Mark!
direct v.
bowl
cup
grease cup
compressor
refrigeration plant
am
are
has (possess 1)
have (possess 2)
is
possess 2 (have)
present ad}.
was
were
immediately (now 2)
now 2 (immediately)
quickly
guilty
concrete
crush n.
Christmas
cross cut
crossed tapes
Crosby clamp
plough n.
kawrn-bah skwehl
kawm-bah!
kawm-bee-sah
kaw-meetsh
kaw-meetsh
kaw-meetsh kah law mah-foo-tah
compreb-sah
kom-preh-sah kah la w mah-kah-zah
kaw-nah
kaw-nah
kaw-nah
kaw-nah
kaw-nah
kaw-nah
kaw-nah
kaw-nah
kaw-nah
kaw-nah mahn-jeh,
kaw-nah mahn-jeh,
kaw-nah mahn-jeh,
kaw-nah tshah-Iah
concrete
krahsh
Krees-moos
krawn-staht
cross tape
crosby klahm
koo-bah
kubeka
kude
kufa
kula
kuluma
kuluma
kuluma
Kuluma!
kumbula
kunxekile
kunxekile
kupela
kuqala
kuqala
kusasa
kuseni
kuseni
kuseni
kwapu
kwata
kwatile
kwatile
kwatisa
kwela
kwela
Kwela!
Kwela!
Kwela!
trip v.
stumble
far
death
grow
say
speak
talk v.
speak!
remember
dislocated
dislocation
alone
earliest
first
tomorrow
early
early morning
morning
armpit
become angry
angry(annoyed, cross adj.)
cross adj. (angry, annoyed)
(worry v.)
climb
get in
Climb!
get in!
coo-beh-kah
coo-beh-kah
koo-deh
koo-fah
koo-lah
coo-loo-mah
coo-Ioo-mah
coo-Ioo-mah
Coo-loo-rnah l
koom-boo-Iah
koon-nxeh-kee-Ieh
koon-nxeh-kee-leh
koo-peh-Iah
koo-qah-lah
koo-qah-lah
koo-sah-sah
koo-seh-nee
koo-seh-nee
koo-seh-nee kwah-poo
kwah-tah
kwah-tee -leh
kwah-tee-leh
kwah-tee-sah
kweh-lah
kweh-Iah
Kweh-lah!
Kweh-Iah!
kzos
kzos
kzos fen
get on! l
exhaust n. e
exhaust pipe
exhaust fan
lad
lad,stepis
lahla
lahla
lahlal
laken
laki
lala
lala
lala (e.g. person)
lalapantsi!
lalela
lalisa (e.g. pipes)
lambile
lamp
lamp hawus
lamp ka lo ges
lamp ka lo mbawul
landa
landela
landela (in row)
langa
Kweh-Iah!
ek-zaws
ek-zaws
ek-zaws fehn
L
ladder
step-ladder
throwaway
lose
throwaway!
lagging
lucky
asleep
sleep
lie v.
Lie down!
obey
lay v.
. hungry
lamp
lamp room
cap lamp
safety lamp
fetch
follow
next
lahd,
lahd, steh-pees
lah-shlah
lah-shlah
Lah-shlah!
lah-kin
lah-kee
lah-Iah
lah-lah
lah-lah
Lah-lah pahnt-see!
lah-leh-lah
lah-lee-sah
lahm-bee-Ieh.
lahmp
lahmp house
lahmp kah law ges
lahmp kah law mbaul
lahn-dah
lahn-deh-lah
lahn-deh-lah
langa
langa
langa ka lo hola
langwan
langwan
lapa
lapa
lapa
lapa
lapa
lapi
lapi
layin
layin
layin
layin ka lo mahovan .
layisha
layisha .
Layisha!
layìshal
layit ka lo ges
layit ka lo ges
layita
layita (light)
Layita!
layita! (light)
le tsheyin blok
level
day (daytime)
daytime (day)
sun
pay-day
long adj.
tall
at
here
there
to (towards)
towards (to)
cloth
rag
direction line
guide line
line n.
scraper path
lash (load v.)
load v. (lash)
Load! (Lash!)
Lash! (Load!)
bulb (globe)
globe (bulb)
light v.
switch on
Light!
switch on!
block and chain tack
lahng-gah
lahng-gah
lahng-gah
lahng-gah kah law haw-lah
lahng-one
lahng-one
lah-pah
lah-pah
lah-pah
lah-pah
lah-pah
lah-pee
lah-pee
line
line
line
line kah law mah-haw-vahn
lie-ee-shah
lie-ee-shah
Lie-ee-shah!
Lie-ee-shah!
light kah law ges
light kah law ges
lie-ee-tah
Iie-ee-tah
Lie-ee-tab!
Líe-ee-tah!
chain blawk
level
levela
levela
lifta (development)
lima
limaza
limaza
limi
limi
linda
lingana
lingana
linganisa kahle
litshe
litshe
liv
lizwe
lizwe
lizwi
lo
lo
lo
lola
lova
lova
lova
lova
lstirnel
flat adj.
level adj.
ballast v.
level off
lifter hole
plough v.
hurt (injure)
injure (hurt)
language
tongue
wait
fit in
fit on
fit well
rock n.
stone
leave n.
district
land (country)
voice
that
the
this
sharpen
absentee
lazy
loaf v.
Loafer
leh-vehl
leh-vehl
leh-veh-Iah
leh-veh-lah
leef-tah
lee-mah
lee-mah-zah
lee-mah-zah
lee-mee
lee-mee '
leen-dah
leeng-gah-nah
leeng-gah-nah
leeng-gah-nee-sah gah-shleh
leet-she
leet-she
leev
leez-weh
leez-weh
leez-we
law
law
law
law-lah
law-yah
law-vah
law-yah
law-yah
luhlaza (colour)
lula
lula (weight)
lulisa
lulisa
luma
Luma!
lungile
lungile
lungile
lungile
lungile
lungisa
lungisa
lungisa
lungisa
Lungisa !
lusa
lusa
lusa
lusa!
lusekile
train n.
green
easy
light adj.
expand d
extend d
bite
bite!
adequate(enough, sufficient)
enough(adequate, sufficient)
ready
right l (correct adj.)
sufficient(adequate, enough)
correct v. (fix up, mend 1, repair)
fix up(correct, mend 1, repair)
mend 1 (correct, fix up, repair)
repair (correct, fix up, mend 1)
Fix up!
undo (unñe)
untie (undo)
loosen
untie!
loose
stee-mehl
loo-shlah-zah
loo-lah
loo-lah
dloo-lee-sah
dloo-lee-sah
loo-mah
Loo-mah!
loong-gee-leh
loong-gee-leh
loong-gee-leh
loong-gee-leh
loong-gee-leh
oong-gee-sah
- loong-gee-sah
loong-gee-sah
loong-gee-sah
Loong-gee-sah!
loo-sah
loo-sah
loo-sah
Loo-sah!
loo-seh-kee-leh
M
mabalan
mabili
clerk
both
mah-bah-Iahn
mah-bee-lee
mabili (e.g. you two)
madala
madala hol (blasting)
madevu
madolo
madolo
madumelan,
madumelan,
mafestel ka lo mehlo
mafestel ka lo mehlo(glass)
mafu
mafuta
mafuta
mahewu (a drink)
mahala
mahleza
mahleza
mahovan
mahovan
mak
mak ka lo tshok
makalanyan
makalanyan ka lo ges
makalanyan ka lo smok
makalap
makalap
makalap
makulu
pair
two
old
socket
beard
knee guards
leg guards n
jackhammer
rock drill
glasses
goggles
cloud
fat
nail n.
grease n.
for nothing
bip
pelvis
scraper (scraper scoop)
scraper scoop (scraper)
mark n.
chalk mark
Locomotive
electric locomotive
diesel locomotive
hard hat(helmet, safety hat)
helmet(hard hat, safety hat)
safety bat(hard hat, helmet)
mah-bee-lee
mah-bee-lee
mah-dah-lah
mah-dah-lah hawl
nIah-deh-voo
mah-daw-law
mah-daw-Iaw
mah-doo-meh-lahn,
mah-doo-meh-lahn,
mah-fehs-tel kah law meh-shlaw
mah-fehs-tel kah law meh-shlaw
mah-foo
mah-foo-tah
spee-keel
mah-foo-tah
ma-hah-lah
mah-shleh-zah
mah-shleh-zah
mah-haw-vahn
mah-haw-vahn
mark
mark kah law chalk
mah-kab-lahn-yahn
mah-kah-lahn-yahn kah law ges
mah-kah-lahn-yahn kah law smawk
mah-kah-lahp
mah-kah-Iahp
mah-kah-lahp
makulu
makulu
makulu
makulu
makulu into
makulu into
makulu litshe
malahla
malalan spor
malayisha
mali
mali
mali
mali
malini
malini
malurne
mama
mame
mamela
Mamela!
mampara
mampara
mandla
manga (tell untruth)
mangaki
mangaki
mangala
big (great, large)
great (big, large)
large (big, great)
thick
main
big thing
important matter
boulder
coal
sliding rails
lasher
money
reef
wage
wage rate
cost n.
price
uncle
mother
now
Listen
Listen!
fool n.
waste rock
strength
lie v. 2
how many
how much
mah-coo-Ioo
mah-coo-loo
mah-coo-loo
mah-coo-loo
mah-coo-Ioo .
mah-coo-Ioo into
mah-coo-loo een-too
mah-coo-loo leet-she
mah-lah-shlah
mah-lah-lahn spawr
mah-lie-ee-shah
mah-Iee
mah-lee
mah-Iee
mah-Iee
mah-lee-nee
mah-Iee-nee
mah-Ioo-meh
mah-mah
mahn-jeh
mah-meh-lah
Mah-meh-lah!
mahm-pah-rah
mahm-pah-rah
mahnd-lah
mahng-gah
mahng-gah-kee
mahng-gah-kee
mangala (somebody)
manifol
maningi
maningi
maningi
maningi mali
maningi msebenzi
maningi msebenzi
maningi skat
maningi stim
maningí tshik
manje-manje,
manje-manje,
manje-manje,
manki (safety device)
manzi
masiza
masiza
masteyik
masteyik
mata
mata
matshanyela I
matshe
mayin
mayin kap
mazamban
mbambo
accuse
report v.
manifold
much
plenty
many
too much money
busy
too much work
often
strong
very insolent
immediately (now 2)
now 2 (immediately)
quickly
monkey
water n.
helper
personnel officer
error (mistake)
mistake (error)
friend (mate n.)
mate n. (friend)
sweeper
rocks
mine n.
mine overseer
potato
mahng-gah-Iah
1 mahn-gah-lah
lam-fall
mah-neeng-gee
mah-neeng-gee
mah-neeng-gee
mah-neeng-gee mah-lee
mah-neeng-geeesh-behn-zee
mah-neeng-gee mseh-behn-zee
mah-neeng-gee skaht
mah-neeng-gee steam
mah-neeng-gee cheek
mahn-jeh-mahn-jeh
mahn-jeh-mahn-jeh,
mahn-jeh-mahn-jeh,
mahng-kee
mahn-zee
mah-see-zah
mah-see-zah
mahs-take
mahs-take
mah-tah
mah-tah
mah-tshahn-yeh-lah
maht-she
mine
mine-kahp
mah-zahm-bahn
mbambo
mbambo (part of body)
mbandisa
mbawul
mbawula
mbay-mbay
mbay-mbay
mbed
mbijan
mbijan
mbíjan
mbiza, pot
mbobo
mbobo (in any materù)
mbongol
mbongol
mbrawun
mbunyan
mbuzo
mdlalo ka io sibakel
mdlalo ka lo baleka
mdubula
mdubula
mehlo
mehlo
melek
memeza
Memeza!
ribs
magnet
rib
radiator
methane gas
furnace
eventually
bed
little (not much)
not much llittlé)
few
pot
opening (hole 2)
hole 2 (opening)
donkey
mule
brown tank
bread
question n.
boxing
athletics
. explosion
rock burst
eye n.
eyes
milk n.
shout v.
rnbahm-baw
mbahm-baw
mbahm-baw
mbahn-dee-sah
mbaul
mbau-lah
mby-mby
mby-mby
robed
mbee-tshahn
mbee-tshahn
mbee-tshan
mbee-zah, pot
mbaw-baw
mbaw-baw
mbawng-gawl
rnbawng-gawl
mbrown
mboon-yahn
mboo-zaw
mdlah-law kah law see-bah-kehl
mdlah-Iaw kaw law bah-leh-kah
mdoo-boo-lah
mdoo-boo-lah
meh-shlaw
meh-shlaw
meh-lehk
meh-meh-zah
menejer
merriyen (single-deck_cage)
mes, nayif
mes, nayif
mesenja
metshis
mfan
mfan
mfan
mfanekiso
mfanekiso
mfanekiso
mfanekiso
mfazi
mfazi
mfazi
mfundi
mfundis
mfundis
mgodi
mgodi
mgodin (mine)
mgqala
mgqala
mgqala (iron)
mgqom (container)
mhlaba
mhlabati
shout!
manager
Mary-Ann
dagger
knife
messenger
matches
boy (youngster)
young
youngster (boy)
diagram (sketch)
drawing
model
sketch (diagram)
female (woman n.)
wife
woman
learner n
preacher
teacher
excavation (hole 3)
hole 3 (excavation)
underground
crowbar
pinch bar
bar n.
drum
earth n.
Meh-meh-zah!
mani-jehr
mary-ann
mehs, knife
mehs, knife
messen-yah
met-shees
mfahn
mfahn
mfahn
mfah-nee-kee-saw
mfah-nee-kee-saw
mfah-nee-kee-saw
mfah-nee-kee-saw
mfah-zee
mfah-zee
mfah-zee
mfoon-dee
mfoon-dees
mfoon-dees
mgaw-dee
mgaw-dee
mgaw-deen
mgah-Iah
mgah-Iah
rogah-Iah
mgqawm
mshlah-bah
mhlabati
mhlabati yena iwile
mhlanganisa
mhlati
mhlobo
mhlobo
mhlobo
mhlobo (person)
mhlope (colour)
mhlukanisa
mhofu
mhofu (shaft sinking)
mina
mina
minit
mita
mjuluko
mjuluko
mketa band
mketi
mketi
mkokeli Il
mkumbula
mlenze
mlilo
mlilo
mlílo
mlola
ground (soil)
soil (ground)
caved ground
collector
jaw
colour
nationality
type n.
race n.
white
separator
coal cutter
grab n.
¡.
me
minute n.
metre
perspiration (sweat n.)
sweat n. (perspiration)
sorting belt
picker (sorter)
sorter (picker)
leader
memory
leg
fire n.
spark n.
flame
mshlah-bah-tee
mshlah-bah-tee
mshlah-bah-tee yhe-nah ee-wee-Ieh
mshlang-gah-nee-sah
mshlah-tee
mshlaw-baw
mshlaw-baw
mshlaw-baw
mshlaw-baw
mshlaw-peh
mshloo-kah-nee-sah
mhaw-foo,
mhaw-foo
mee-nah
mee-nah
mee-neet
meeter
mjoo-loo-coo
mjoo-Ioo-coo
mkeh-tah bahnd
mkeh-tee
mkeh-tee
nkaw-keh-lee
mkoom-boo-Iah
mlen-zeh
rnlee-law
mlee-la w
mlee-law
mlom
mlota
mlungu (person)
mlungu ka lo
mlungu ka lo benk
mnandi, rouble
mnyama
mnyama
mnyama fiyoz
mnyango
molisa
Molo!
Molo!
Molo!
Molo!
mosha
mosha
mosha
mosha
mosha
mosha
mosha
moshekile
mota
mota ka lo ges
mota ka lo ges
motol
motol
emery wheel
mouth
ash
white
medical station
banksman
nice
black
dark
delay fuse
doorway
greet
good afternoon!
good day!
good evening!
good morning!
mess v, (muddle v.)
muddle v. (mess v.)
ruin v. (wreck v).
spill
spoil
waste v.
wreck v. (ruin v.)
damaged adj.
motor
dynamo
electric motor
mud
mlaw-Iah
mlawm
mlaw-tah
Mloong-goo
mloong-goo kah law
mloong-goo kah law behnk
mnahn-dee, rnoo-shleh
mnyah-mah
mnyah-mah
mnyah-mah fee-awz
mnyahng-gaw
maw-lee-sah
Maw-law!
Maw-law!
Maw-law!
Maw-law!
maw-shah
maw-shah
maw-shah
maw-shah
maw-shah
maw-shah
maw-shah
maw-sheh-kee-leh
maw-tab
maw-tah kah law ges
maw-tah kah law ges
maw-tawl
motshuwari
moya
moya
mpahla
mpahla
mpahla
mpahla
mpakamisa
mpasopi
mpasopl
mpempe
mpenduka
mpendulo
mpendulo
mpompi
mpompi ka lo tshotsholoza
mpor ja
mpumlo
mpundu
mpupu
mqolo
mqolo
mqubeli
msebenzi
msebenzi
msel
msel
msel
slimes
mortuary
air
wind n.
clothes
equipment .
material
tools
fork lift
supervisor
attendant
whistle n.
tube mill
answer n. (reply)
reply n.(answer)
pump n.
cementation pump
jumper (drill jumper) jo
nose
buttock
mealie meal
backbone (spine)
spine (backbone)
miner's assistant
task (job)
work n.
channel
drain n.
maw-tawl
maw-tshoo-wah-ree
moy-ah
moy-ah
mpah-shlah
mpah-shlah
mpah-shlah
mpah-shlah
mpah-kah-mee-sah
mpah-saw-pee
mpah-saw-pee
mpehm-peh
mpen-doo-kah
mpen-doo-Iaw
mpen-doo-law
mpawm-pee
mpawm-pee kah law tshaw-tshaw-law-zah
wm-pawr
mpoom-Iaw
mpoon-doo
mpoo-poo
mqaw-law
mqaw-law
rnkoo-beh-lee
mseh-behn-zee
mseh-behn-zee
msehI
msehl
msel
msila
msila
msindo
msindo
mtambo
mtambo
mtangala (support)
mteto
mteto
mteto
mtofu
mtshanyelo
mtshill ka lo moya
mtshin
mtshin
mtshin ka lo
mtshin ka lo gaya, ngwen-yah
mtshin ka lo sayid
mtshin ka lo tshisa
mtshingilan,
mtshingilan, fokis
mtshokotsh
mtshokotsh
mtshongol
mtshongol
mtshutshis
mtungo
groove
trench
drag bar
tail
noise
sound n.
artery
vein
pigsty
law
regulation
rule n.
white metal
broom
anemometer
jackhammer
rock drill
coal cutter
crusher
stope machine
exploder
watchman
mine security officer
chute
shaker
dance n. (tribal dance)
tribal dance (dance n.)
public prosecutor
msehl
msehl
msee-lah
msee-Iah
mseen-daw
mseen-daw
mtahm-baw
mtahm-ba w
mtahng-gah-Iah
mteh-too
mteh-too
mteh-too
mtaw-foo
mtshahn-yeh-law
mtsheen kah law moy-ah
mtsheen
mtsheen
mtsheen kah law
mtsheen kah law gy-ah, ngwenya
mtsheen kah law side
mtsheen kah law cheesa
mtsheeng-gee-lahn,
mtsheeng-gee-lahn, faw-kees
mtshaw-kawtsh
mtshaw-kawtsh
rntshawng-gawl
mtshawng-gawl
mtshoot-shees
mtwalo
mtwana,
mubi
mubi
muble
muhle
muhle pambile ka lo
muntu
muntu ka lo basa mlilo
muntu ka lo mtshin
muntu ka lo mtshin
munwe
munwe
munye
munye
munye
munye mhlobo
munye nda wo
muti
muti ka Io mehlo
muti,
muva
muva
muva
muva (in row)
mvakasha
myalezo
mzimba
seam n.
load n.
child
bad
ugly
properly
good
best
person
stoker
driller (machine operator)
machine operator
finger
fingers
another
other
some
different
elsewhere
medicine
eye drops
tree
after
at the back (behind)
behind (at the back)
last adj.
holiday-maker
message
mtoong-gaw
mtwah-Iaw
mtwah-nah,
moo-bee
moo-bee
moo-shleh
moo-shleh
moo-shIeh pahm-bee-lee
moon-to
moon-to kah law bah-sah mlee-Iaw
moon-ta ka law mtsheen
moon-to kah law mtsheen
moon-weh
moon-weh
oon-yeh
moon ..yeh
moon-yeh
moon-yeh mshlaw-ba w
moon-yeh ndah-o
moo-tee
moo-tee kah law meh-shlaw
moo-tee
moo-yah
moo-vah
moo-yah
nnoo-vah
mvah-kah-shah
myah-leh-zaw
mali
body
amalgam
mzeem-bah
mah-Iee
N
na
nalit
namba,
namba, nombor
namba, nombor
namhla-busuku
nbay-mbay n
ncibilika
ncibilika
ncwadi
ncwadi (letter)
ndaba
ndaba ka yefl:a
ndawo
ndawo
ndawo ka lo
ndawo ka lo jwayelisalo mzimba;
ndawo ka lo moya lapa tshaf
ndawo ka lo msebenzi
ndawo ka lo msebenzi
ndawo ka lo ntsimbi
ndawo ka lo puma
ndawo ka lo sparag
and
with
needle
armlet
Number (armlet, wristlet number)
wristlet number(number, armlet)
tonight
later n
dissolve
melt
letter
note n.
because
blame n,
place n. (position)
position n.(place)
crossing
acclimatization centre
air compartment
working place
workings
acclimatization centre
outlet (exit)
nah
nah
nah-leet
nahm-bah,
nahm-bah, .nawm-bawr
nahm-bah nawm-bawr,
nahm-shlah boo-soo-koo
nby-mby
nqcee-bee-lee-kah
nqcee-bee-lee-kah
nqcwah-dee
nqcwah-dee
ndah-bah
ndah-bah kah yhe-nah
ndah-o
ndah-o
ndah-o kah law
ndah-o kah law jwah-yeh-lee-sah law mzeem-bah,
ndah-o kah law nloy-ah lah-pah tshah-f
ndah-o kah law mseh- behn-zee
ndah-o kah law mseh-behn-zee
ndah-o kah law ntseem-bee
ndah-o kah law poo-mah
ndawo ka lo stepis
ndengan
ndish
ndish ka lo mali
ndish, pleyit
ndlela
ndlebe
ndlela
ndlela
ndlela ka lo kej (shaft)
ndlela ka lo nloya lapa tshaf
ndlela ka lo skip (shaft)
ndlela ka lo stepis
ndoda
ndoda n
ndundum
ndundum ka lo sant
ndundum ka lo sant
nene (direction)
nepul
nga
ngalo
ngalo (part 0/ body)
ngena
Ngena !
ngena!
ngolovan
ngolovan
car-sprag cubicle
ladderway compartment
sour porridge
dish
calciner tray
plate 1
path (roadway)
ear
directions
travelling way
cage compartment
air compartment
skip compartment
ladderway
male n. (man)
man (male n.)
dump n.
sand dump n
tailings dump
right 2
nipple
rigger
forearm
arm 2
enter
go in! (Enter!)
Enter! (go in!)
car 1 (truck, tub)
ndah-o kah law spah-rahg
ndah-o kah law steh-pees
ndeng-gahn
ndish
ndish kah law mah-lee
ndish, plate
ndleh-lah
ndleh-beh
ndIeh-lah
ndleh-lah
ndleh-lah kah law kehj
ndleh-Iah kah law moy-ah lah-pah tshahf
ndleh-Iah kah law skip
ndleh-lah kah law steh-pees
ndaw-dah
daw-dah
ndoon-doom
ndoon-doom kah la w sahnt
ndoon-doom kah law sahnt
neh-neh
neh-pul
ree-gah
ngah-Iaw
ngah-law
ngeh-nah
Ngeh-nah!
Ngeh-nahl
ngaw-law-vahn
ngolovan
ngolovan
ngolovan
ngoma
ngongong
ngonyama
ngozi
ngozi
ngozi ka lo ges
ngozr
ngqiniba (part of body
ngwenya
ngwenyen
ngwenyen
nhliziyo
nika
nika
nika!
nkabi
nkani, tshiki
nkatazo,
nkomo
nkompon
nkosi
nkosi
nkulukul
nkuni
nltshin ka lo mashovan
cocopan
(car sprag)
truck (tub, car 1)
tub (truck, car 1)
song
gong
Lion
accident
danger
injured by electricity
injury
elbow
mill n.
crushing station(reduction works)
reduction works(crushing station)
beart
give l
present v.
give!
ox
insolent
trouble n.
cattle
compound
chief n.
sir
god
firewood
ngaw-law-vahn
ngaw-law-vahn
ngaw-Iaw-vahn
ngaw-law-vahn
ngaw-mah
ngong-ngong
ngawn-yah-mah
ngaw-zee
ngaw-zee
ngaw-zee kah law ges
ngaw-zee
ngqee-nee-bah
ngwen-yah
ngwen-yen
ngwen-yen
nshlee-zee-o
nee-kah
nee-kah
Nee-kahl
nkah-bee
nkah-nee, cheeky
nkah-tah-zaw,
nkaw-maw
nkawm-pawn
nkaw-see
nkaw-see
N-coo-Ioo-cool
nkoo-nee -
noko
noko ini
noko ubani
noko upi ndawo
noko upi ndawo
noko upi ndawo
noko wan skat
nombor
nook
noti
notis
notis
notis bod
notis ka lo ngozi
nqaba
nqawu (tobacco)
nqokola
nqokola
nqondo
nqondo
nqosha
nqwelo
ntambama
ntambo
ntambo
ntambo ka Io meselan n
ntambo ka lo ges
ntambo ka lo ges
air-leg machine
whether (or)
anything
anybody
any place (anywhere)
anywhere (any place)
somewhere
never
(number, wristlet number)
or (whether)
nut
notice n.
sign n.
notíce board
danger sign
refuse v.
pipe
discussion
talkn.
mind n.
thoughts
collar-bone
wagon
afternoon
hose
rope n.
mason's line
cable(electric cable)
mtsheen kah law mah-shaw-vahn
naw-kaw
naw-kawee-nee
naw-kaw oo-bah-nee
naw-kaw oo-pee ndah-o
naw-kaw oo-pee ndah-o
naw-kaw oo-pee ndah-o
naw-kaw one skaht
nawm-bawr
naw-kaw
naw-tee
naw-tees
naw-tees
naw-tees board
naw-tees kah law ngaw-zee
nqah-bah
nqah-woo
nqaw-kaw-lah
nqaw-kaw-lah
nqawn-daw
nqawn-daw
nqaw-shah
nqweh-Iaw
ntahm-bah-mah
ntahm-baw
ntahm-baw
ntahm-baw kah law meh-see-lahn
ntahm-baw kah law ges
ntambo ka lo kIok
ntambo ka lo mapanga
ntambo ka lo skatula
ntambo ka lo skwel(at working face)
ntambo ka lo smok
ntambo ka lo tshisa
ntambo kalo skatul
ntambo, layin
ntamo
ntombazana
ntsangu
ntsbontshiwile
ntshontsha
ntsimbi
ntsimbi
ntsimbi (acclimatization)
ntwala
nuka
Nuka!
nwele
nxamwe
nxeba
nyaka-nyaka
nyama
nyamazan
nyams
nyanga
nyanga
electric cable
bell wire
tail rope
shoe-lace (bootlace)
scraper rope
air hose
blasting cable
bootlace (shoe-lace)
string (rope)
neck
daughter
dagga
stolen
steal
iron n.
steel
thermometer
lice
smell v.
smell!
hair
thirsty
wound n. ,
trouble n.
meat
animal
TRUE
month
ntahm-baw kah law ges
ntahm-baw kah Jaw clock
ntahm-baw kah law mah-pahng-gah
ntahm-baw kah law skah-too-Iah
ntahm-haw kah law skwehl
ntahm-baw kah law smaw-k
ntahm-baw kah law cheesa
a ntahm-baw kah law skah-too-Iah
ntahm-baw, line
ntah-maw
ntom-bah-zah-nah
ntsahng-goo
ntshawn-tshe-wee-leh
ntshawnt-tshah
ntseem-bee
ntseem-bee
ntseem-bee
ntwah-Iah
noo-kah
Noo-kah!
nwheh-Ieh
nxah-nee-weh
nxeh-bah
nyah-kah-nyah-kah
nyah-mah
nyah-mah-zahn
nyah-nees
nyahng-gah
nyanis
nyanis
nyanis
nyaruso
nyatela
nyatela
Nyatela!
nyatela!
nyatelo ka lo lad,
nyatelo ka lo lad,
nyatelo ka lo lad,
Nyawo
nyawo ka lo mahovan
nyawo ka lo mashovan,
nyawo ka lo mtshin
nyawo ka lo prop
nyoka
nyonga (part of body)
nyoni ka lo smok
nyoni ka lo smok
nyuwan
nyuwan tshaf
nzima
nzima
nzima
n 'geli n
moon
certain (definite, sure)
definite (certain, sure)
sure(certain, definite)
truth
press v.
tread v.
press!
Tread!
ladder rung (rung)
ladder step
rung (ladder rung)
foot
scraper runner
air leg
prop extension piece
snake
groin
canary
bird
new
sinking shaft
difficult
beavy weight
awkward
Johannesburg
nyahng-gah
nyah-nees
nyah-nees
nyah-nees
nyah-nee-saw
nyah-teh-Iah
nyah-teh-lah
Nyah-teh-lah!
Nyah-teh-lah l
nyah-teh-law kah law lahd,
nyah-teh-law kah law lahd,
nyah-the-law kah law lahd,
nyah-o
nyah-o kah law mah-haw-vahn
nyah-o kah law mah-shaw- vahn,
nyah-o kah law mtsheen
nyah-o kah law prop
nyaw-kah
nyawng-gah
nyaw-nee kah law smawk
nyaw-nee
new-one
new-one tshahf
nzee-mah
nzee-mah
nzee-lnah
gaw-lee
O
ofis
kohlela
omisa, omile
ontsa!
conveya band
opa
opas
ova
ovarol
oya, koton wul b
oyil
office
cough v. k
dry adj.
dry v.
Jerk!
conveyor belt k
bleed
orepass
overtime
overall n.
cotton wool b
oil n.
aw-fees
kaw-shleh-lah
aw-mee-leh
aw-mee-sah
awnt-sah!
onvey-ah bahnd
aw-pah
aw-pahs
aw-vah
ovah-rawl
oy-ah, cotton wool
oil
P
paka
Paka!
Paka!
pakama
Pakama!
pakama·
pakamal
pakamisa
pakamisa
pakamisa
matpack
pack v.
Insert! (put in!)
stick on!
get up (stand up)
get up! (stand up!)
stand up (get up)
stand up! (get up!)
lift v. (raise v.)
pick up
pahk
pah-kah
Fah-kahl
Fah-kah!
pah-kah-mah
pah-kah-mah!
pah-kah-mah
pah-kah-mahl
pah-kah-mee-sah
pah-kah-mee-sah
Pakamisa!
Pakamisa!
pakati
pakati
pakati
pakati
pakati
paket
paket
palish
pamban sparag
pambili
pambili
pambili
pambili
pan
panda
pandie
pandle
panga
panga
panga
panga
panlbili
pantsi
pantsi
pantsi
pantsi
raise v. (tift v.)
Lift!
pick up!
between
in
inside
into
middle
packet
parcel
porridge
bayonet sprag
Ahead (before, in front)
beyond
forward
in front (ahead, before)
pan
repeat
outside
except
empty car (empty truck
empty cocopan
empty container
empty truck (empty car end-tipping car)
before (ahead, in front)
below (beneath, under, underneath)
beneath (below, under,
underneath)
pah-kah-mee-sah
pah-kah-mee-sah l
pah-kah-mee-sah!
pah-kah-tee
pah-kah-tee
pah-kah-tee
pah-kah-tee
pah-kah-tee
pah-keht
pah-keht
pah-leesh
pahm-bahn spah-rahg
pahm-bee-lee
pahm-bee-lee
pahm-bee-Iee
pahm-bee-lee
pahn
peen-dah
pahnd-leh
pahnd-Ieh
pahng-gah
pahng-gah
pahng-gah
pahng-gah
pahnl-bee-lee
pahnt-see
pahnt-see
pahnt-see
pantsi
pantsi
pantsi
pantsi
pantsi ka lo tshaf
pantsi sterek
papu
paraffin
pareyid
pareyid
Pas op!
Pas op!
Pas op!
Pas op!
Pas op!
Pas op!:
pas, pemet
pas, pemet
pasa
pasa (e.g. examinatioin)
pasopisa,
payip
pefumula
pelile
Pelisa !, qeda!
Pelisa!, qeda!
pelisa, qeda
pelisa, qeda
bottom
down
under (below, beneath, underneath)
underneath (below, beneath, under)
low
shaft bottom
deep
lung
paraffin
call out (parade v.)
parade v. (call out)
Look out!, Mind!)
beware! (be careful!,
Look out!, Mind!)
Mind! (be carefull,
beware!, Look out!)
Look out! (be careful!, beware!, Mind!)
pass n. (permit)
permit n. (pass n.)
qualify
pass v.
warn
pipe
breathe
finished
Finish! (Complete!)
Complete! (Fínishl)
complete v. (finish)
pahnt-see
pahnt-see
pahnt-see
pahnt-see
pahnt-see
pahnt-see kah law tshahf
pahnt-see steh-rehk
pah-poo
pah-rah-feen
pah-rade
pah-rade
pahs-awp!
pahs-awp!
pahs-awp!
pahs-awp!
pahs-awp!
pahs, peh-meht
pahs, peh-meht
pah-sah
pah-sah
pahs-aw-pee-sah,
pipe
peh-foo-moo-Iah
peh-lee-leh
peh-Iee-sah!, qeh-dah!
peh-lee-sahl, qeh-dah!
peh-lee-sah, qeh-dah
pelisa, qeda (a matter)
penduka
penduka
penduka pontsh,
Penduka spanel
Penduka!
Penduka!
pendula
pendula
pendula
pendula
pendula
Pendula!
Pendula!
pepa
petsh
peyint
peyinta
Peyinta!
pezulu
pezulu
pezulu
pezulu
pezulu
pezulu
pezulu
pik
pik zembe
finish v. (complete v.)
settle
go back (turn back)
turn back (go back)
turn-table
ratchet spanner
go back! (tum backt)
turn back! (go backl)
answer v. (reply v.)
capsize (tum over)
reply v. (answer v.)
tippler
turn over (capsize)
Answer!
turn over!
paper
patch
paint n.
paint v.
paint!
above (on, on top of, upon)
high
on (above, on top of, upon)
on top of (above, on, upon)
up (upwards)
upon (above, on, on top of)
upwards (up)
pick n.
peh-lee-sah, qeh-dah
peh-lee-sah, qeh-dah
pen-doo-kah
pen-doo-kah
pen-doo-kah pawntsh,
pen-doo-kah spah-nehl
pen-doo-kah l
pen-doo-kahl
pen-doo-Iah
pen-doo-lah
pen-doo-lah
pen-doo-lah
pen-doo-lah
pen-doo-Iah!
pen-doo-lah!
peh-pah
petch
paint
pain-tah
pain-tah!
peh-zoo-Ioo
peh-zoo-loo
peh-zoo-Ioo
peh-zoo-loo
peh-zoo-loo
peh-zoo-Ioo
peh-zoo-loo
peek
pikinin
pikinin
pikinin
pikinin ngozi (injury)
pikinin tonel
pikisana,
pikisana,
pikisana, xabana
piko
pila
pila
pila kahle
pila kahle
pila kahle
pilis
pilis
pilisa
pilisa
pin (machinery)
pinda!
pis
pistin
pitrol
plak
plank
plank
platform
pleyit (e.g. steel)
pickaxe
child
small
thin
scratch n.
advance track cutting
argue
clash
quarrel (clash, argue)
wing
health
live v.
alive
healthy (well)
well adj. (healthy)
pill
tablet
cure v. (heal)
heal (cure v.)
key
repeat!
part (piece)
piston
petrol
spark plug
plank
splint
platform
peek zehm-beh
pee-kee-neen
pee-kee-neen
pee-kee-neen ngaw-zee
pee-kee-neen taw-new
pee-kee-sah-nah,
pee-kee-sah-nah,
pee-kee-sah-nah, xah-bah-nah
pee-kaw
pee-lah
pee-Iah
pee-lah gah-shIeh
pee-lah gah-shIeh
pee-Iah gah-shleh
pee-lees
pee-lees
pee-lee-sah
pee-lee-sah
peen
peen-dahl
piece
pees-tin
peet-rol
plahk
plahnk
plahnk
plat-fawm
pm
polisa
polisa
polish
pola
polisha
Polisha!
pompa
pompa!
pontsh (tool)
posa
posa
Posa!
Posa!
poyízin
poyizm
prop, stik
pis
puka (in the process of breaking)
pukile
pulí
puma
puma
Puma!
Puma!
pumile
pumile
pumula
plate
pin n.
policeman
police officer
polish n.
cool off
polish v.
polish!
pump v.
pump!
punch n.
throw (toss)
toss (throw)
throw! (tossl)
toss! (throw!)
poison n.
zinc dust
pole
piece (part)
breaking
broken
pulley
come out
go out
Come out!
go out!
off
out
plate
peen
paw-lee-sah
paw-Iee-sah
polish
paw-lah
polish-ah
polish-ah!
pawm-pah
pawm-pah!
pawntsh
paw-sah
paw-sah
paw-sah!
paw-sah!
poi-zeen
poi-zeen
prop, stick
piece
poo-kah
poo-kee-leh
pulley
poo-mah
poo-mah
poo-mah!
poo-mah!
poo-mee-leh
poo-mee-leh
Pumula!
puza
Puza!
puza-manzi
rest v.
rest!
drink v.
Drink!
drinking water
poo-moo-lah
poo-moo-lah!
poo-zah
poo-zah!
poo-zah mahn-zee
Q
qakala
qala
qala
Qala!
Qala!
Qala!
Qala!
qasha
qasha
qgosha
qina
qinile
qinile
qinile
qinile (e.g. bolt)
qonda
qwalela
ankle
begin (commence, start)
commence(begin, start)
start (commence, begin)
begin!
(Commence!, start!)
Commence! (begin!, start!)
start! (Commeneel, begìnl)
employ (engage)
engage (employ)
fire v. 1(discharge, dismiss)
knot n.
firm adj.
hard
tight
secure adj.
understand
lame
qah-kah-Iah
qah-]ah
qah-lah
qah-Iah
qah-lah!
qah-lah!
qah-lah!
qah-Iah!
qah-shah
qah-shah
gqaw-shah
qee-nah
qee-nee-Ieh
qee-nee-Ieh
qee-nee-Ieh
qee-nee-leh
qawn-dah
qwah-leh-Iah
R
rak
rakbi
rant (currency)
rawund
rawund
rawund
spreyi
kreyin
reyiz tonel
ridyus
ridyus ka lofish pleyit
rig (scraper winch)
rig ka lo skwel
riga spor
krikit (game)
ripot
ripota
ripota!
ring
rnlova payip
roahala
rol
rol
rol
rola
rola
Rola!
rack (shelf)
shelf (rack) n
rugby
rand
circle n.
circular adj.
round adj.
jet
crane
raise n.
reducer
fish-plate reducer
ring
face rig
rail rig
cricket
report n.
report v.
report!
ring n.
auxiliary pipe
nonsense
idler
roll n.
roller
roll v.
roll up
rahk
rahk
rahk-bee
rant
round
round
round
spray
crane
raise taw-nehl
reduce
reduce kah law fish plate
ring
rig kah law skwehl
ree-gah spawr
cricket
repawt
repaw-tah
repaw-tah!
ring
mlaw-vah pipe
ma-hah-lah
rawl
rawl
rawl
raw-lah
raw-lah
Rola!
ropiyan
ropiyan
ropiyan
ruf
ruf bawut
rul
rul
runa lala
rus
rusile
roll!
roll up!
hemp
hemp cord
rope yarn
roof
roof bolt
rule n. (ruler)
ruler (rule n. )
sleepy
rust
rusty
raw-lah!
raw-lah!
rope-yahn
rope-yahn
rope-yahn
roof
roof baut
rule
rule
foo-nah lah-lah
roo-s
roo-see-leh
S
saba
sabisa
Saga!
saba
saka
saka
saka
saka
saka '
saka ka lo mpahla
sala kahle! to someone staying)
salamabij
salamabij
afraid
saw n. and v.
frighten
saw!
fear n.
bag
brattice cloth
coconut matting
hessian
sack n.
tool-bag
goodbye!
dog bar(rail-spike extractor)
sah-bah
sah-cha (ch as in loch)
sah-bee-sah
sah-cha! (eh as in loch)
sah-bah
sah-kah
sah-kah
sah-kah
sah-kah
sah-kah
sah-kah kah law mpah- shlah
sah-lah gah-shlehl
sah-lah-mah-bitsh
salamabíj
samp
sampul
sandal
sandIa
sant
sant pepa
sant pepa
santo
sapot
savey
savlon (disinfectant)
sawut
sayid
Sayina!
sayinet
sayiz
sayiza
Sayiza!
sayma
sebenza
sebenza!
msebenzi
sebenzisa
sef
sef
sef drat
sefa
rail-spike extractor(dog bar)
nail extractor
sump
sample n.
glove
hand
sand
emery cloth
sandpaper
church
support n.
surveyor
savlon
salt
stope n.
sign!
cyanide
size
measure v.
Measure!
sign v.
work v.
work!
job (task)
use v.
screen n. (sieve n.)
sieve n. (screen n.)
wire netting
sah-lah-mah-bitsh
sah-lah-mah-bitsh
sahmp
sahm-pool
sahnd-lah
sahnd-lah
sahnt
sant peh-pah
sant peh-pah
sawn-taw
sah-pawt
sah-vey
sahv-lawn
saut
side
sie-ee-nah!
sah-ee-net
sIze
sie-ee-zah
sie-ee-zah !
sie-ee-nah
seh-behn-zah
seh-behn-zah!
mseh-behn-zee
seh-behn-zee-sah
sehf
sehf
sehf draht
sefa
sefa!
sefa!
sefmehlo
sefrnehlo (gauze)
sehlahla
sehlahla
sekshin
sement
sent (currency)
sepu
set
setsha
setsha
setsha (a person)
setsha! (a person)
seyil
seyil ka lo moya,
seyil ka lo moya,
seyil ka lo ventileyishin
seyil ka lo ventileyishin
sher mtshin
shif wil
shintsha
Shintsha!
shiseka
shíya
shona langa
sieve v. (sift)
sift (sieve v.)
sieve! (sift!)
sift! (sieve!)
safety goggles
goggles
tree
wrist
section
cement
cent
soap
set n.
inspect
investigate (examine)
search v.
search!
filter cloth
canvas tubing
ventubing (canvas tubing)
(ventubing)
ventubing (canvas tubing)
shearing machine
sheave wheel
exchange v.
Exchange!
enthusiasm
leave behind
seh-fah
seh-fah
seh-fah!
seh-fah!
sehf-meh-shlaw
sehf-meh-shlaw
see-shlah-shlah
see-shlah-shlah
section
cernent
cent
seh-poo
set
seht-shah
seht-shah
seht-shah
seht-shah '
sail
sail kah law moy-ah,
sail kah la w moy-ah,
sail kah law ventilation
sail kah la w ventilation
shear mtsheen
sheef wheel
sheen-tshah
tsheen-tshah!
shee-seh-kah
sïhe-yah
shotwan (e.g. pipe)
shukel
shukumisa
Shukumisa!
sibakel
sibam
sibam
sibam
sibedlel
sifuba (part of body)
sigiret
sigodongo se
sigqoko
sigulan
sigulan
sigupu (musical)
silevu
silonda
silonda ka lo mlilo(sore)
sindile
sindile
sindisa (someone)
singis
sirinj
sishihan
sIsu
sisu
sitend (part of body)
evening
short adj.
sugar
shake
shake!
fist
firearm
gun (rifte)
riñe (gun)
hospital
chest
cigarette
lubricator
bat
patient n.
sick person
drum
chin
sore n.
burn n.
safe adj.
unhurt
save
English
syringe
electric drill
abdomen (stomach)
stomach (abdomen)
shaw-nah lahng-gah
shot-one
shoo-kehl
shoo-koo-mee-sah
shoo-koo-mee-sah!
see-bah-kehl
see-bahm
see-bahm
see-bahm
see-bed-Iehl
see-foo-bah
see-gee-ret
see-gaw-dawng-gaw
see-gqaw-kaw
see-goo-Iahn
see-goo-lahn
see-goo-poo
see-leh-voo
see-lawn-dah
see-lawn-dah kah law mlee-law
seen-dee-leh
seen-dee-leh
seen-dee-sah
seeng-gees
syringe
see-she-hahn
see-soo
see-soo
sitof
sitof
sitombe
sitombe
sitombe
sitombe ka lo ngozi
situba
situba
situba
situba
situba ka lo spor (track width)
sivalo
sivalo
sivalo ka lo moya,
sivalo ka lo moya,
sivalo ka lo ventileyishin
sivalo ka lo ventileyishin
siza
Siza!
skaf
skafu (carpenter's tool)
skaI ka lo tshwala
skalo
skar ka lo mahovan
skar ka lo mahovan
skat
skat
skat
heel n.
broken rock
ore
photograph n.
picture
poster
safety poster
depth
distance
height
length
gauge n.
door
lid
air door
ventilation door(air door)
(ventilation door)
ventilation door(air door)
help v. (assist)
Help!
food
plane n.
tot measure
complaint
backplate
scraper blade
if
time
see-tehnd
see-tawf
see-tawf
see-tom-beh
see-tom-beh
see-tom-beh
see-tom-beh kah law ngaw-zee
see-too-bah
see-too-bah
see-too-bah
see-too-bah
see-too-bah kah law spawr
see-vah-law
see-yah-law
see-yah-law kah law moy-ah,
see-vah-law kah law moy-ah,
see-yah-law kah law ventilation
see-yah-law kah law ventilation
see-zah
see-zahl
skahf
skah-foo
skahl kah law tshwah-Iah
skah-Iaw
skahr kah law
skahr kah law mah-haw-vahn
skaht
skaht
skat ka lo tshayile
skata payil
skatula
skatula
skebenga
skelem
skelem
skelem
skep, skip
sker
sketeket
skomder
skonkwan
skonkwan
skop
skop ka lo taful(hanging wall)
skop ka lo tshaf
skop ka lo tshaf
skotshkar
skotshkar
skotshkar
skotshkar
skotshkar (material)
skotshkar ka lo majompor
skotshkar ka lo mtshin
skrap foshol
skrap waya
skruf
when
knocking-off time
scatterpile
boot
shoe
enemy
misfire n
misfired hole
thief
skip n.
scissors
reflector
volunteer n.
peg (survey peg)
survey peg (peg)
head n.
brow
headgear
shaft head
flat car
flat trolley
material trolley
trolley
car
jumper trolley
drill carriage
shovel scraper
wire scraper
skaht
skaht kah law tshy-ee-leh
skah-tah pile
skah-too-Iah
skah-too-lah
skeh-behng-gah
skeh-Iehm
skeh-Iehm
skeh-lehm
skehp, skip
skehr
skeh-teh-keht
skawm-dehr
skawnk-one
skawnk-one
skawp
skawpkah law tah-ful
ska wp kah la w tshahf
skawp kah law tshahf
scotch-car
scotch-car
scotch-car
scotch-car
scotch-car
scotch-car kah law mah-jawm-pawr
scotch-car kah law mtsheen
skrahp faw-shawl
skrahp why-ah
skruf dokis
spikil
skul
skumba
skwehle
skwehle
skwel
skwel
skwel (mine)
sleek
sleyit ka lo teli
sling
slipis (track)
slza
smesh
smesh
smetshblok
smetshblok
smok
smok
smok ka lo jelatin
smok ka lo jelatin
sompungan
sori!
sori, xolela
sori, xolela
spambano
spambano ka lo spor
screw n.
tirefond
school
skin n.
oil skins
seat protector
stope face
working face
face n.
slack adj.
tally board
sling
sleeper
assist (help v.)
accident
breakdown
pulley block
snatch block
compressed air
smoke n.
fumes
gas
sanitation
sorry!
forgive
sorry
cross n.
cross points
skroof
skroof daw-kees
school
skoorn-bah
skweh-shleh
skweh-shleh
skwehl
skwehl
skwehl
sleek
slate kah.law telly
sling
slee-pees
see-zah
smesh
smesh
smehtsh-blawk
smehtsh-block
smawk
smawk
smawk kah law jeh-Iah-teen
smawk kah law jeh-lah-teen
sawm-poong-gahn
saw-ry!
saw-ry, xah-leh-lah
saw-ry, xaw-leh-lah
spahm-bah-naw
spahm-hah-naw kah law spawr
span,
spanel
spanel ka lo kip a lo ayi bawut
spanga
sparag ka lo
sparag ka lo ngolovan
spayik
spayik
spayik ka lo jelatin
spayipan
spayipan
spayipan
spektar
sper
spirit (e.g. methylated)
spopopo
spor
spor
spor ka lo tip
spor ka lo tshaf
spot
spreyi
spring
spring dokis
spring wíl
spukupuk
spukupuk fienj
spukupuk,
team (gang)
spanner
eye-bolt extractor
shoulder-blade
cocopan sprag
car sprag (cocopan sprag)
spike
marlin spike
primer pricker
blowpipe
ferrule (bose mender)
hose mender (ferrule)
inspector
spare part
spirits
chemícal latríne tanker
rail
track n.
grizzley bar
guide n.
spud
atomizer
spring n.
elastic rail-spike
suspension roller
stupid
blank flange
fool n.
spahn,
spah-nehl
spah-nehl kah law kee-pah law eye-baut
spahng-gah
spah-ragh kah law
spah-ragh kaw law ngaw- law-vahn
spike
spike
spike kah law jeh-lah-teen
spy-ee-pahn
spy-ee-pahn
spy-ee-pahn
spehk-tar
spare
spee-reet
spaw-paw-paw
spawr
spawr
spawr kah law teep
spa wr kah law tshahf
spot
spray
spring
spring daw-kees
spring wheel
spoo-koo-pook
spoo-koo-pook flenge
spoo-koo-pook,
spun
sqobolo (jumper)
stamp
stan valve
star
stata (mechanical)
stata!
stepis
stepis
stepis ka lo lad
stepis ka lo lad
stepis ka lo lad
stetmen
steyij (shaft)
stifìkeyid
stik sayid
stik sayid
stik, prop
stik, prop
stikitan
stin
stin ka lo golid
stin ka lo mali,
stirn
stirn (steam)
stish
stish (mine)
stonwol
spoon
starter
stamp n.
non-return valve
store n.
starter
start up!
ladder
step n.
ladder rung (rung)
ladder step
rung (ladder rung)
statement
stage
certificate
pillar
remnant
prop
stick n.
tag
brick
gold bar
gold bar
steam
power
station
landing place
stone wall
spoon
sqaw-baw-law
stahmp
stahn vahlv
store
stah-tah
stah-tah!
steh-pees
steh-pees
steh-pees kah la w lahd
steh-pees kah law lahd
steh-pees kah law lahd
stetmehn
stage
stee-fee-kate
stick side
stick side
stick, prop
stick, prop
stee-kee-tahn
steen
steen kah law gaw-leed
steen kah law mah-lee,
steam
steam
stish
stish
stawn-wall
stop blok
stop layit
stop layit
stor, tshap
stor, tshap
stretsha s'
streyit
stul
stul
stul
stul
stupa
suka
suka
Suka!
suka!
sula
sula
Sula !
Sula!
susa
susa
Susa!
Susa!
swaya
switsh (electricity)
switsh ka lo tshisa
switsh pontsh
stop block
robot
stop light
shop n. (store n. )
store n. (shop n. )
stretcher
straight
bench
chair
seat n.
stool
thumb
clear off (go away)
go away (clear off)
Clear off! (go away!)
go away! (Clear off!)
clean v.
wipe
Clean!
wipe!
clear away
move away
Clear away!
Move away!
trick (deceive)
switch n.
blasting box
hand points
stop block
stop light
stop light
store, tshahp
store, tshahp
stret-shah
straight
stool
stool
stool
stool
stoo-pah
soo-kah
soo-kah
soo-kah!
soo-kah!
soo-lah
soo-lah
soo-lah!
soo-lah!
soo-sah
soo-sah
soo-sah!
soo-sah!
swy-ah
switch
switch kah law cheesa
switch-pawntsh
switsh pontsh
switsh pontsh
switsh pontsh (track)
switsh pontsh (track)
switsh-pontsh (track)
traverse track
loop
points (switch n. )
switch n. (points)
frog
switch-pawntsh
switch-pawntsh
switch-pawntsb
switch-pawntsh
switch-pawntsh
T
ta
taful pantsi
taful pezulu
taful pezulu (mine)
taful pezulu (mine)
tamba
tambile
tambile
tambisa
tambisa
Tambisa!
tambo
tambo n
tanda
tanda
tanga
tap
tarul
tawul
tekel
tar n.
footwall
hanging wall (hanging)
hanging (hanging wall)
roof
sweat v. (perspire)
soft
wet adj.
soften
wet v.
wet!
bone
cord n
like v.
prefer
thigh
tap n.
table
towel
block and tackle
tar
tah-ful pahnt-see
tah-ful peh-zoo-Ioo
tah-ful peh-zoo-loo
tah-ful peh-zoo-Ioo
tahm-bah
tahm-bee-leh
tahm-bee-leh
tahm-bee-sah
tahm-bee-sah
tabm-bee-sah !
tahm-baw
tahm-baw
tahn-dah
tahn-dah
tahng-gah
tahp
tah-ful
towel
teckle
tekel
tela
tela
telefon
temba
temba
temba
temba
tembisa
ten way a
tenes
tenga
tengisa
tenk
tenk ka lo cima mlilo
tenk ka lo sompungan
testa
testa
Testa!
teyip
teyip ka lo ges
ti
ti-pis
tikit (work ticket)
tim
tim (sports)
tim lida
timba
tackle n. (block and tackle)
pour
spray v.
telephone n.
confidence (trust n.)
faith
hope n.
trust n. (confidence)
promise v.
trolley wire
tennis
buy v.
sell
tank
fire extinguisher
sanitation tank
test v.
tester
test!
tape n.
insulation tape
tea
t-piece
ticket n,
team 1 (gang)
team
team leader
timber
teckle
teh-lah
teh-lah
tele-fa.wn
tehm-bah
tellin-bah
tehm-bah
tehm-bah
tem-bee-sah
ten why-ah
tennis
tehng-gah
tehng-gee-sah
tehnk
tehnk kah law qee-rnah mlee-Iaw
tehnk kah law sawm- poong-gahn
test-tah
test-tah
test-tah!
tape
tape kah law ges
tea
tea-piece
ticket
team
team
team lee-dah
team-bah
tin
tina
tina
tip
tipa
tipa
tipa spor
tipa!
tisha,
tola
tola
tola
tola
tolik
tonel
tonel
tonel ka lo moya,
tonel ka lo sayid
tonel ka lo ventileyishin
tonel ka: lo fen
trayisha
trayisha
trayisha!
tshaf (mine)
tshaf holij
tshaf ka lo moya,
tshaf ka lo ventileyishin
tshanyela
tin
us
we
tip n.
tilt
tip v,
goose neck
tip!
teacher
discover
find
obtain
receive
interpreter
drive n.
tunnel
air duct
stope drive
air duct
fan drift
attempt v. (try)
try (attempt v.)
try!
shaft
incline haulage
ventilation shaft
ventilation shaft
sweep v.
teen
tee-nah
tee-nah
teep
tee-pah
tee-pah
tee-pah spawr
tee-pah!
tee-sha,
taw-lah
taw-lah
taw-lah
taw-lah
taw-leek
taw-nehl
taw-nehl
taw-nehl kah law moy-ah,
taw-nehlkah law side
taw-nehl kah law ventilation
taw-nehl kah law fehn
try-ee-shah
try-ee-shah
try-ee-shah !
tshaf
tshahf haw-litsh
tshahf kah law moy-ah,
tshahf kah law ventilation
tshahn-yeh-lah
Tshanyela !
tshap
tshap (e.g. carpenter's)
tshap ka lo fit as
tshap ka lo kapenta
tshap, zembe
tshata
tshaya
tshaya
tshaya
tshaya
tshaya
tshaya ka lo nhliziyo
tshaya lo hoI
tshaya lo klok!
tshaya lo mpempe!
tshaya lo mpempe!
tshaya lo mpempe! (scraper)
Tshaya!
Tshaya!
tshayinaman
tshekel
tshekel
tshela
tshela
tshela!
tshelela
Tshelela!
sweep!
workshop
shop n.
fitting shop
fitting carpenter
axe
marry
assault v.
beat
hit (strike v.)
punish
strike v. (hit)
pulse n.
(bore v.)
ring the bell!
(sound the whistle
(blow the whistle!)
backplate
beat!
Hit!
funkey slide
connecting link
shackle
inform
tell
tell!
slide v.
slide!
tshahn-yeh-Iah!
tshahp
tshahp
tshahp kah law fee-tahs
tshahpkah law carpenter
tshahp, zehm-beh
tshah-tah
tshy-ah
tshy-ah
tshy-ah
tshy-ah
tshy-ah
tshy-ah kah law nshlee-zee-o
tshy-ah law hawl
tshy-ah law clock!
tshy-ah law mpehm-peh!
tshy-ah law mpehm-peh!
tsah-haw-vahn
tshy-ah!
tshy-ah!
chinaman
tsheh-kehl
tsheh-kehl
tsheh-lah
tsheh-lah
tsheh-lah!
tsheh-leh-lah
tsheh-leh-Iah!
tsher pleyit (tracks, shaft timbering)
tshetsha
tshetsha
tshetsha
Tshetsha!
tsheyin
tsheyin tong
tshibilika
tshif
tshíf bas
tshintsh hawus
tshintsha
tshintsha
tshintsha
Tshintsha!
tshisa
tshisa
tshisa
tshisa
tshisa
tshisa
Tshisa lo hol!
tshisa lo hol(explosive charge)
tshisa stik
tshizel
tshok
tshok
tshona
chair plate
immediately (now 2)
now 2 (immediately)
quickly
Hurry!
cbain
chain tongs
slip v.
shift n.
shift boss
change house
change .
replace
transfer v.
Change!
blast v.
burn v.
heat (warmth)
hot (warm adj.)
warm adj. (hot)
warmth (heat)
Fire!
fire v. 2
cheesa stick
chisel
chalk
chuck n.
submerge
chair plate
tsheh-tshah
tsheh-tshah
tsheh-tshah
tsheh-tshah!
chain
chain tong
tshee-bee-lee-kah
tsheef
tsheef-bahs
tsheentsh house
tsheen-tshah
tsheen-tshah
tsheen-tshah
tsheen-tshah
cheesa
cheesa
cheesa
cheesa
cbeesa
cheesa
Cheesa law hawl!
cheesa law hawl
cheesa stick
chisel
chalk
tshawk
tshaw-nah
tshona ka lo manzi
tshotsholoza
tshova
Tshova!
tshub (wheel)
tshwala
tshwala
tshwala
tsotsi
tuka
tuka
Tula!
Tula!
tuli
tumba (swelling)
tumba (swelling)
tunga
tunga
tunga (clothing)
Tunga!
turna
tutwan
twala
drown
cementation
push v.
push!
tube
alcohol
beer
Liquor
scoundrel
curse v. (swear)
swear (curse v.)
be quiet! (quiet!)
quiet! (be quiet!)
dust n.
Abscess
boil n.
splice v.
sew
mend 2
splice!
send
epileptic fit
carry
tshaw-nah kah law mahn-zee
tshaw-tshaw-Iaw-zah
tshaw-vah
tshaw-vah!
tube
tshwah-lah
tshwah-Iah
tshwah-Iah
tsaw-tsee
too-kah
too-kah
too-Iah!
too-Iah!
too-lee
toom-bah
toom-bah
toong-gah
toong-gah
toong-gah
toong-gah!
too-mah
toot-one
twah-lah
which
who
oo-bah-nee
oo-bah-nee
U
ubani
ubani
uhle ndawo
duI
ukwazi
ukwazi
lungile
up
UpI
upiskat (question)
safe place m
expensive d
knowledge
learning n.
correct adj. (right)
where
where to
where time
moo-shleh ndah-o
doo-l
oo-kwah-zee
oo-kwah-zee
loong-gee-leh
oo-pee
oo-pee
oo-pee skaht
V
vakasha
vala
Vala!
vala
vala
Vala!
Vala!
valela mali
valv
valy
ventileyishin
viktoriya klam
vimbela
vimbela
vimbela
vimbela .
vitsha
visit v.
cover v.
Cover!
close v. (shut v.)
shut v. (close v.)
Close! (shut!)
shut! (Close!)
deposit v.
valve
gate valve ,
ventilation
victaulic clamp
hinder
prevent
shield v. (protect)
protect (shield v.)
glowing
vah-kah-shah
ah-lah
vah-Iah!
vah-Iah
vah-lah
vah-Iah!
vah-Iah!
vah-leh-lah mah-lee
vahlv
vahlv
ventilation
victoria klahm
veem-beh-lah
veem-beh-lah
veem-beh-lah
veem-beh-lah
yhee-tshah
vuka
vuka
vuka tshif
Vuka!
awake v. (wake up)
wake up (awake v.)
early shift
wake up!
voo-kah
voo-kah
voo-kah tsheef
voo-kah!
vukile
vukile
vula
Vula!
vula-vala spor
vula-vala switsh (tracks)
vuliwe
vuma
vuma
vumela
vumela
vumela
vur-vur
vusa (someone!)
vusa! (someone)
vuta (wind)
vutela (fire)
vutela! (fire)
vuza (e.g. water)
alert adj. (awake adj.)
awake adj. (alert adj.)
open v.
Open!
drop rail
cut-out switch
open adj.
admit
agree
allow (let, permit v.)
permit v, (let, allow)
let (allow, permit v.)
hygrometer
wake
wake!
blow v.
blow v.
blow!
leak
voo-kee-Ieh
voo-kee-Ieh
voo ..lah
voo-Iah!
voo-Iah-vah-lah spawr
voo-Iah-vah-lah-switch
voo ..lee-weh
voo-mah
voo-mah
voo-meh-Iah
voo-meh-lah
voo-meh-Iah
voor-voor
voo-sah
voo-sah!
voo-tah
voo-the-Iah
voo-the-lah!
v'oo-zah
W
wan skat
wan-wan (single strand o of steel rope)
once
strand
one skaht
one-one
wan-wan (timber)
wan-wan spor
washa
Washa!
washis
watsh
watsh
waya
waya
wayales
wayales
wayin
wej
gweba
gweba
welda waya
welfe
wena
wena
wena zonke
wena zonke
weyitin pleyis
wik
wil
wil bar
wintsh
wintsh
wintsh ka lo skwel
chock
monorail
wash
wash!
washer
clock
watch n.
piano wire
wire n.
radio (wireless)
wireless (radio)
wine
wedge n.
convict v. (judge v.) g
judge v. (convict v.) g
welding rod
welfare
you
yourself
All, all of you (you all)
you all (all of you)
waiting place
week
wheel
wheelbarrow
power winch
winch
face winch
one-one
one-one spawr
wash-ab
wash-ah!
wash-is
watch
watch
why-ah
why-ah
why-ah-les
why-ah-les
wine
wedge
weh-bah
weh-bah
wel-dah why-ah
welfare
wheh-nah
wheh-nah
wheh-nah zawn-keh
wheh-nah zawn-keh
waiting place
week
wheel
wheel bahr
wintsh
wintsh
wintsh kah law skwehl
wintsh tonel
wiski
wota blas
winze
whisky
water blast
wintsh taw-nehl
whisky
water blast
X
xabana
xabana
xalaba
(clash, quarrel)
(argue, quarrel)
shoulder
xah-bah-nah
xah-bah-nah
xah-lah-bah
Y
ya
yala
yeka
Yeka !
yeka (let go)
yena
Yena
yena
Yena
yena
yena
yena
yena last
yena zonke
yena zonke
yes
warn
let go
Let go!
leave v.
her
he
him
it
she
them
they
last adj.
all of them (they all)
they all (all of them)
yah
yah-lah
yeh-kah
yeh-kah!
yeh-kah
yhe-nah
yhe-nah
yhe-nah
yhe-nah
yhe-nah
yhe-nah
yhe-nah
y'he-nah last,
yhe-nah zawn-keh
yhe-na zawn-keh
yikona yeka e
yikona yeka! E
yin (e.g. rail) jo
Yitsha
Yuma
yunyon
continue a
continue! A
joint jo
burning
approve
union
ye-kaw-nah yeh-kah
ye-kaw-nah yeh-kah!
in
yhee-tshah
voo-mah
yun-yon
Z
zi je
zink
zinyo
zipo
zipo (e.g. finger)
zonke
zonke
zonke ndawo
zonke
zonke
zonke skat
zwane
jersey
sheet iron
tooth
finger-nail :
nail n.
everybody (everyone)
everyone (everybody)
everywhere
all
best
always
toe
AND
jeh-see
zink
zeen-yaw ,
zee-paw
zee-paw
zawn-keh
zawn-keh
zawn-keh ndah-o
zawn-keh
kah law zawn-keh
zawn-keh skaht
zwah-neh
English
Fanakalo
A
Pronunciation
abdomen(stomach)
sisu
see-soo
able
pezulu
Abscess
absent
absentee
accident
azi
Above (on, on top of, upon)
tumba (swelling)
aziko
lova
ngozi
ah-zee
peh-zoo-Ioo
toom-bah
ah-zee-koo
law-yah
1 ngaw-zee
acclimatization centre
smesh
ndawo ka lo jwayelisalo mzimba, ndawo ka lo
ntsimbi
2 smesh
ndah-o kah law jwah-yeh-lee-sah law mzeem-bah,
ndah-o kah law ntseem-bee
acclimatize
accompany (go with)
accuse
ache n. (pain)
acid
adaptor
add
adequate(enough, sufficient)
admit
advance(move forward)
advance track cutting
advise
aeroplane safety device
afraid
jwayelisa
hamba na
mangala
buhlungu
asid
adapta
hlanganisa
lungile
vuma
hamba pambili
pikinin tonel
hlakanipisa
fiymatshin sparag
saba
jwah-yeh-Iee-sah
hahm-bah nah
mahng-gah-Iah
boo-shloong-goo
ah-seed
ah-dahp-tah
swahng-gah-nee-sah
loong-gee-leh
voo-mah
hahm-bah pahm-bee-lee
pee-kee-neen taw-new
shlah-kah-nee-pee-sah
fiy-mtsheen spahurahg
sah-bah
after
afternoon
afterwards
again
agree
agreement
Ahead (before, in front)
air
air chamber
air compartment
air door
(ventilation door)
air duct
air hose
air leg
air-leg machine
air whistle
alarm
alcohol
alert adj.
(awake adj.)
alike (similar)
AIimak
muva
ntambama
Inuva ka lo skat,
mbay-mbay
futi
vuma
joyin (contract)
pambili
Moya
hawus ka lo moya
ndawo ka lo moya lapa tshaf
ndlela ka lo nloya lapa Tshaf
sivalo ka lo moya,
sivalo ka lo ventileyishin
tonel ka lo moya,
tonel ka lo ventileyishin
ntambo ka lo smok
nyawo ka lo mashovan,
nyawo ka lo mtshin
nltshin ka lo mashovan
kIok,
kiok ka lo smok
klok ka lo smesh
Tshwala
Vukile
moo-yah
ntahm-bah-mah
moo-yah kah law skaht,
mby-mby
foo-tee
voo-mah
join
pahm-bee-lee
moy-ah
house kah law moy-ah
ndah-o kah law nloy-ah lah-pah tshah-f
ndleh-Iah kah law moy-ah lah-pah tshah-f
see-yah-law kah law moy-ah,
see-yah-law kah law ventilation
taw-nehl kah law moy-ah,
taw-nehl kah law ventilation
ntahm-baw kah law smaw-k
nyah-o kah law mah-shaw- vahn,
nyah-o kah law mtsheen
mtsheen kah law mah-shaw-vahn
clock,
clock kah law smaw-k
clock kah law smesh
tshwah-lah
voo-kee-Ieh
Fanana
Alimak
fah-nah-nah
Ah-lee-mal1k
alive
all
all of them (they all)
aU of you (you all)
allow (let, permit v.)
almost
alone
also (too)
always
am
amalgam
and
anemometer
angry(annoyed, cross adj.)
animal
ankle
annoy
(worry v.)
another
answer n. (reply)
answer v. (reply v.)
Answer!
anybody
any place (anywhere)
anything
anywhere (any place)
apart
approve
pila kahle
Zonke
yena zonke
wena zonkc
Vumela
Alnpur
Kupela
Futi
zonke skat
Kona
n1ali
Na
mtshill ka lo moya
Kwatile
nyan1azan
Qakala
kataza,
Kwatisa
Munye
mpendulo
Pendula
Pendula!
noko ubani
noko upi ndawo
noko ini
noko upi ndawo
Hlukanile
Yuma
pee-lah gah-shIeh
zawn-keh
yhe-nah zawn-keh
wheh-nah zawn-keh
voo-meh-Iah
ahm-pur
koo-peh-Iah
foo-tee
zawn-keh skaht
kaw-nah
mah-Iee
nah
mtsheen kah law moy-ah
kwah-tee -leh
nyah-mah-zahn
qah-kah-Iah
kah-tah-zah,
kwah-tee-sah
anoht-yeh
mpen-doo-Iaw
pen-doo-Iah
Pen-doo-Iah!
naw-kaw oo-bah-nee
naw-kaw oo-pee ndah-o
naw-kawee-nee
naw-kaw oo-pee ndah-o
shloo-kah-nee-leh
voo-mah
aptitude test
are
aren't any (isn't any)
argue
(clash, quarrel)
arm 1 (lever ann)
arm 2
armlet
(number, wristlet number)
armpit
around
arrest. arrIve
artery
ash
aside
ask
Ask!
asleep
assault v.
assay office
assist (help v.)
at
athletics
atomizer
attach
attempt v. (try)
attendant
at the back (behind)
mlabalab
Kona
Aziko
Pikisana,
Xabana
Handel
ngalo (part 0/ body)
namba,
Nombor
Kwapu
Jikela
bamba buya, tika
mtan1bo
Mlota
Caleni
buza
buza!
Lala
Tshaya
aseyi otis
Slza
Lapa
mdlalo ka lo baleka
spreYl
Faka
Trayisha
mpasopl
Muva
mlah-bah-Iab
kaw-nah
ah-zee-koo
pee-kee-sah-nah,
xah-bah-nah
hahn-dehl
ngah-law
nahm-bah,
nawm-bawr
kwah-poo
jee-keh-Iah
bahm-bah boo-yah, fee-kah
mtahm-baw
mlaw-tah
qah-leh-nee
boo-zah
boo-zah!
lah-Iah
tshy-ah
assay aw-fees
see-zah
lah-pah
mdlah-Iaw kaw law bah-leh-kah
spray
fah-kah
try-ee-shah
mpah-saw-pee
moo-vah
audible
August
auxiliary pipe
awake adj. (alert adj.)
awake v. (wake up)
awkward
axe
axle
Izwakala
Agas
rnlova payip
vukile
Vuka
nZlma
tshap, zembe
asi, tshaf
back
backbone (spine)
backplate
Inhlana (part of body)
Mqolo
skar ka lo mahovan
(scraper)
Mubi
bej
Saka
kipa (water)
Kipa! (water)
bol
Levela
bendij
band saga
Dubula! (sound of Explosion)
band ka lo ngalo
benk (e.g. money, shaft)
mlungu ka lo benk
eez-wah-kah-Iah
Ah-gahs
mlaw-vah pipe
voo-kee-Ieh
voo-kah
nzee-lnah
tshahp, zehm-beh
ah-see, tshahf
B
bad
badge
bag
bale v.
Bale!
ball
ballast v.
bandage (dressing)
bandsaw
bang! (boom!)
bangle
bank
banksman
shlah-nah
mqaw-law
skahr kah law
ll1ah-haw-vahn
moo-bee
bedge
sah-kah
kee-pah
Kee-pah!
ball
leh-veh-Iah
behn-dish
bahnd sacha (ch as in loch)
Doo-boo-lah!
bahn-d kah law ngah-Iaw
behnk
mloong-goo kah law behnk
bar n.
bar down
bar down!
barrel
barricade
battery
bayonet sprag
bean
beard
beat
Beat!
beater pick
Be careful! (beware!)
Look out!, Mind!)
because
become angry
bed
beer
before (ahead, in front)
begin (commence, start)
begin!
(Commence!, Start!)
behind (at the back)
bell
bell wire
below (beneath, under, underneath)
belt
mgqala (iron)
Gqala
Gqala!
Faji
barikeyid
betri
Pamban sparag
bontsh
Madevu
Tshaya
Tshaya!
bita pik
rogah-Iah
gah-Iah
Gah-Iah!
fah-jee
bah-ree-cade
beh-tree
pahm-bahn spah-rahg
bawn-tsh
nIah-deh-voo
tshy-ah
Tshy-ah!
bee-tah pick
Pas op!
Ndaba
Kwata
Mbed
Tshwala
Panlbili
Qala
Qala!
Pahs-awp!
ndah-bah
kwah-tah
robed
tshwah-Iah
pahnl-bee-lee
qah-]ah
Qah-lah!
Muva
Kiok
bel waya,
ntambo ka lo kIok
Pantsi
band
moo-yah
clock
bel why-ah,
ntahm-baw kah Jaw clock
pahnt-see
bahnd
bench
bend n.
bend v.
beneath (below, under,
underneath)
bent (crooked)
be quiet! (Quiet!)
be seated! (Sit down!)
best
better adj.
between
beware! (be careful!,
Look out!, Mind!)
beyond
bicycle
big (great, large)
big rock
big thing
bin
bioscope (cinema)
bird
bite
bite!
black
blacksmith
blade
stu1
bend
benda
Pantsi
stool
behn-d
behn-dah
pahnt-see
bendekile
Tula!
Hlala pantsi!
muhle pambile ka lo
Zonke
beter
Pakati
Pas op!
behn-deh-kee-leh
Too-Iah!
Shlah-Iah pahnt-see!
moo-shIeh pahm-bee-lee
kah law zawn-keh
beh-tehr
pah-kah-tee
Pahs-awp!
Pambili
bayisikel
Makulu
Inakulu litshe
makulu into
bokis
bayiskop
Nyonl
Luma
Luma!
Mnyama
bas ka lo bleksmit,
bleksmit
bleyit
pahm-bee-lee
bicycle
mah-coo-Ioo
mah-coo-Ioo leet-she
mah-coo-Ioo into
baw-kees
bioscope
nyaw-nee
loo-mah
Loo-mah!
mnyah-mah
bahs kah law black-smeet,
black-smeet
blade
blame n,
blanket
blank flange
blast v.
blasting box
blasting cable
bleed
blind (cannot see)
block n.
block and chain tack
block and tackle
blood
blow v.
Blow!
blowpipe
blow the whistle!
(Sound the whistle
blunt
body
boil n.
boil v.
boiler
boilermaker
bolt
bone
bonus
book
ndaba ka yefl:a
blanket, ngubo
spukupuk fienj
Tshisa
switsh ka lo tshisa
ntambo ka lo tshisa
Opa
ayikona buka
blok
le tsheyin blok
Tekel
Gazi
1 vuta (wind)
2 vutela (fire)
Vutela! (fire)
spayipan
Kalisa lo mpempe!,
!) Tshaya lo mpempe!
ayikona bukali
Mzimba
tumba (swelling)
bila (water)
boyila
bas ka lo boyila
bawut
Tambo
bonas
buk
ndah-bah kah yhe-nah
blanket, ngoo-baw
spoo-koo-pook flenge
cheesa
switch kah law cheesa
ntahm-baw kah law cheesa
aw-pah
eye-kaw-nah boo-kah
blawk
chain blawk
teckle
gah-zee
l voo-tah
2 voo-the-Iah
Voo-the-lah!
spy-ee-pahn
Kah-lee-sah law mpehm- peh!,
Tshy-ah law mpehm-peh!
eye-kaw-nah boo-kah-lee
mzeem-bah
toom-bah
bee-lah
boy-ee-Iah
bahs kah law boy-ee-lah .
baut
tahm-baw
baw-nahs
book
Boom! (bang!)
boot
bootlace (shoe-lace)
borax
bore v. (drill v)
borrow
boss
both
bottle
bottom
boulder
bowl
box n.
boxing
boy (youngster)
brain
brake n.
brake band
brandy
brattice cloth
brave
bread
break v.
breaking
break!
breakdown
break up (crush, grind)
breathe
Dubula! (sound of explosion)
Skatula
ntambo kalo skatul
boraks
bora, tshaya lo hol
boleka
bas
Mabili
bodlel
Pantsi
makulu litshe
Komitsh
bokis
mdlalo ka io sibakel
Mfan
bucopo
brik
brik band
blandi
Saka
ayikona saba
mbunyan
bulala
puka (in the process of breaking)
bulala!
Smesh
Gaya
pefumula
Doo-boo-lah!
skah-too-Iah
a ntahm-baw kah law skah-too-Iah
baw-rahks
baw-rah, tshy-ah law hawl
baw-Ieh-kah
bah-s
mah-bee-lee
bawd-lehl
pahnt-see
mah-coo-loo leet-she
kaw-meetsh
baw-kees
mdlah-law kah law see-bah-kehl
mfahn
boo-qaw-paw
bree-k
bree-k bahnd
blahn-dee
sah-kah
eye-kaw-nah sah-bah
mboon-yahn
boo-lah-lah
poo-kah
boo-lah-lah l
smesh
gy-ah
peh-foo-moo-Iah
brick
bring
Bring!
bring together (gather)
broken
broken rock
broom
brother
brow
brown tank
brush n.
bucket
build v.
bulb (globe)
bundle
burn n.
burn v.
burner
burning
burst v. (crack v.)
bushing
busy
but (however)
buttock
buy v.
Stin
Fikisa
Fikisa!
hlanganisa
Pukile
Sitof
mtshanyelo
blu!
kepis ka lo taful,
skop ka lo taful(hanging wall)
Mbrawun
brash
baket
Aka
layit ka lo ges
bondel
silonda ka lo mlilo(sore)
Tshisa
boner (lamp)
Yitsha
Dabuka
bering
maningi msebenzi
Kodwa
Mpundu
Tenga
steen
fee-kee-sah
Fec-kce-sah!
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
poo-kee-leh
see-tawf
mtshahn-yeh-law
blool
keh-pees kah law tah-ful,
skawpkah law tah-ful
mbrown
brahsh
bah-keht
ah-kah
light kah law ges
bawn-dehl
see-lawn-dah kah law mlee-law
cheesa
baw-nehr
yhee-tshah
dah-boo-kah
beh-ring
mah-neeng-geeesh-behn-zee
kawd-wah
mpoon-doo
tehng-gah
C
cable(electric cable)
cable gland
cage
cage attendant
cage compartment
calciner tray
call v.
Call!
call bell
call out (parade v.)
can v.
canary
candle
cannot hear (deaf)
cannot see (blind)
canvas tubing
(ventubing)
cap lamp
capsize (tum over)
car 1 (truck, tub)
car 2
car lifter (iack)
carpenter
carpenter's shop
carry
kebul ka lo ges,
ntambo ka lo ges
klam ka lo kebul
Kej
bas ka lo kej, gayi-gayi
ndlela ka lo kej (shaft)
ndish ka lo mali
biza
Biza!
Klok
Pareyid
Azi
nyoni ka lo smok
Kandlel
ayikona izwa
ayikona buka
seyil ka lo moya,
seyil ka 10 ventileyishin
lamp ka lo ges
Pendula
ngolovan
skotshkar (material)
Jek
bas ka lo kapenta, Kapenta
Kapenta tshap,
tshap ka lo kapenta
Twala
keh-bul kah law ges,
ntahm-baw kah law ges
klahm kah law keh-bul
kehj
bahs kah law kehj, gy-gy
ndleh-lah kah law kehj
ndish kah law mah-lee
bee-zah
bee-zah!
clock
pah-rade
ah-zee
nyaw-nee kah law smawk
kahnd-lehl
eye-kaw-nah eez-wah
eye-kaw-nah boo-kah
sail kah law moy-ah,
sail kah law ventilation
lahmp kah law ges
pen-doo-lah
ngaw-law-vahn
scotch-car
jeck
bahs kah law carpenter, carpenter
carpenter tshah-p,
tshahpkah law carpenter
twah-lah
car sprag (cocopan sprag)
car-sprag cubicle
carve
catch
Catch!
cattle
caved ground
cement
cementation
cementation pump
cent
certain (definite, sure)
certificate
cbain
chain tongs
chair
chair plate
chalk
chalk mark
chamber (room)
change Y.
Change!
change house
channel
charge Y. (charge up)
charge up (charge v.)
charging stick
chase away
sparag ka lo ngolovan
ndawo ka lo sparag
Juba
bamba
bamba!
Nkomo
Mhlabati yena iwile
Sement
tshotsholoza
Mpompi ka lo tshotsholoza
sent (currency)
Nyanis
Stifìkeyid
Tsheyin
tsheyin tong
Stul
tsher pleyit (tracks, shaft timbering)
Tshok
mak ka lo tshok
Indlu
tshintsha
Tshintsha!
tshintsh hawus
Msel
cobela (explosives)
cobela (explosives)
cobela stik
Gqosha
spah-ragh kaw law ngaw- law-vahn
ndah-o kah law spah-rahg
joo-bah
bahm-bah
bahm-bah!
nkaw-maw
mshlah-bah-tee yhe-nah ee-wee-Ieh
cernent
tshaw-tshaw-Iaw-zah
mpawm-pee kah law tshaw-tshaw-law-zah
cent
nyah-nees
stee-fee-kate
chain
chain tong
stool
chair plate
chalk
mark kah law chalk
eend-Ioo
tsheen-tshah
Tsheen-tshah
tsheentsh house
msehI
qaw-beh-Iah
qaw-beh-lah
qaw-beh-Iah stick
gqaw-shah
cheesa stick
chemícal latríne tanker
chest
chief n.
child
chin
chisel
chock
choke v. (throttle v.)
choose (select, elect)
Christmas
chuck n.
church
chute
cigarette
cinema (bioscope)
circle n.
circular adj.
clamp n.
clash(argue, quarrel)
clay
clean v.
Clean!
clear away
Clear away!
clear off (go away)
tshisa stik
Spopopo
sifuba (part of body)
Nkosi
mtwana,
Pikinin
Silevu
Tshizel
wan-wan (timber)
Kama
Keta
Krismus
Tshok
Santo
mtshokotsh
Sigiret
bayiskop
Rawund
Rawund
Klam
Pikisana,
Xabana
Daga
Sula
Sula l
Susa
Susa!
Suka
cheesa stick
spaw-paw-paw
see-foo-bah
nkaw-see
mtwah-nah,
pee-kee-neen
see-leh-voo
chisel
one-one
kah-mah
keh-tah
Krees-moos
tshawk
sawn-taw
mtshaw-kawtsh
see-gee-ret
bioscope
round
round
klahm
pee-kee-sah-nah,
xah-bah-nah
dah-gah
soo-lah
Soo-lah!
soo-sah
Soo-sah!
soo-kah
Clear off! (Go away!)
clerk
clever (intelligent)
climb
Climb!
cling
clock
close v. (shut v.)
Close! (Shut!)
close to
cloth
clothes
cloud
clutch n.
coal
coal cutter
coat n.
cocoa
coconut matting
cocopan
cocopan sprag
(car sprag)
coffee
cold
cold set
collar (shaft collar)
Suka!
Mabalan
hlakanipile
Kwela
Kwela!
bamba
Watsh
Vala
Vala!
Duze
Lapi
Mpahla
Mafu
Klash
Malahla
Mhofu
mtshin ka lo
juba lo malahla
bantsh (clothing)
Koko
Saka
ngolovan
sparag ka lo
ngolovan
Kofi
banda, makaza
kol tshizel
kola ka lo tshaf
Soo-kah!
mah-bah-Iahn
shlah-kah-nee-pee-Ieh
kweh-lah
Kweh-lah!
bahm-bah
watch
vah-Iah
Vah-Iah!
doo-zeh
lah-pee
mpah-shlah
mah-foo
klah-sh
mah-lah-shlah
mhaw-foo,
mtsheen kah law
joo-bah law mah-lah shlah
bahntsh
kaw-kaw
. sah-kah
ngaw-law-vahn
spah-ragh kah law
ngaw-law-vahn
kaw-fee
balm-da, mah-kah-zah
call chisel
kaw-lah kah law tshahf
collar-bone
collaring rubber shield(jumper guard)
collect
collector
colour
combine
com.e
Come!
come back (return)
Come back!
come out
Come out!
commence(begin, start)
Commence! (begin!, Start!)
complain
complaint
complete v. (finish)
Complete! (Fínishl)
compound
compressed air
compressor
conceal (hide v.)
Conceal! (Hide!)
concrete
confidence (trust n.)
connecting link
continue
continue!
Nqosha
gaskit ka lo jornpor
hlanganisa
mhlanganisa
Mhlobo
hlanganisa
buya, fika
buya!, Pika!
buya, fika
buya!, Pika!
Puma
Puma!
Qala
Qala!
Kala
Skalo
pelisa, qeda
Pelisa!, Qeda!
nkompon
Smok
kompresa
Fihla
Fihla!
Konkrit
Temba
Tshekel
ayikona yeka
Ayikona yeka!
nqaw-shah
gahs-keet kah law jawm- pawr
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
mshlang-gah-nee-sah
mshlaw-baw
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
boo-yah, fee-kah
boo-yah l.Fee-kah !
boo-yah, fee-kah
boo-yahl, Fee-kahl
poo-mah
Poo-mah!
qah-lah
Qah-lah!
kah-Iah
skah-Iaw
peh-lee-sah, qeh-dah
Peh-lee-sahl, Qeh-dah!
nkawm-pawn
smawk
compreb-sah
fee-shlah
Fee-shlah!
concrete
tehm-bah
tsheh-kehl
eye-kaw-nah yeh-kah
eye-kaw-nah yeh-kah!
contract
conveyor belt
convict v. (judge v.)
cook n.
cook v,
cool
cool off
copy v.
Copy!
cord
correct adj. (right)
correct v. (fix up, mend 1, repair)
cost n.
cotton wool
cover n.
cover v.
Cover!
cover bandage k
cough v.
Cough!
count
Count!
country (land)
coupling
coupling hook
coupling rod
court house
cowboy
joyin
konveya band
gweba
kuka
peka
banda, makaza
pola
fanisa
fanisa !
tambo
lungile
lungisa
malini
boya, koton wul
kava
vala
vala!
kava bendij
kohlela
Kohlela!
bala
bala!
izwe
kaplin (pipe)
kaplin huk
huk spayik
nkantolo, kot
jek (in films)
join
convey-ah bahnd
gweh-bah
coo-cah
peh-kah
bahn-da, mah-kah-zah
paw-lah
fah-nee-sah
fah-nee-sah!
ntahm-baw
loong-gee-leh
loong-gee-sah
mah-lee-nee
boy-ah, cotton wool
kah-vah
vah-lah
Vah-Iah!
kah-vah behn-dish
kaw-shleh-lah
Kaw-shleh-lah!
bah-lah
bah-Iah!
eez-weh
kahp-leen
kahp-leen hook
hook spike
nkahn-taw-law, court
jeck
crack v. (burst v.)
crane
crawl v.
Crawl!
cricket k
crooked (bent)
Crosby clamp
cross adj. (angry, annoyed)
cross n.
cross v.
Cross!
cross cut
crossed tapes
crossing
cross points
crowbar
crush n.
crush v. (grind, break up)
crusher
crushing station(reduction works)
cry (weep)
cup
cure v. (heal)
current
curse v. (swear)
cut v.
Dabuka
kreyin
Kasa
Kasa!
rikit (game)
bendekile
krosbi klam
Kwatile
spambano
dlula, wela
Dlula!
Kronstat
kros teyip
ndawo ka lo
dlula lo spor
spambano ka lo spor
Mgqala
krash (gang office)
Gaya
mtshin ka lo gaya,
ngwenya
ngwenyen
Kala
Komitsh
Pilisa
ges (electricity)
Tuka
Juba
dah-boo-kah
crane
kah-sah
Kah-sah!
cricket
behn-deh-kee-Ieh
crosby klahm
kwah-tee-leh
spahm-bah-naw
dloo-lah, weh-lah
Dloo-lah!
krawn-staht
cross tape
ndah-o kah law
dloo-Iah law spawr
spahm-hah-naw kah law spawr
mgah-Iah
krahsh
gy-ah
mtsheen kah law gy-ah,
ngwen-yah
ngwen-yen
kah-lah
kaw-meetsh
pee-lee-sah
ges
too-kah
joo-bah
Cut!
cut-out switch
cyanide
Juba!
vula-vala switsh (tracks)
Sayinet
dagga
dagger
dam
damage v.
damaged adj.
dance n. (tribal dance)
danger
danger sign
dark
daughter
day (daytime)
daytime (day)
dead
deaf (cannot hear)
death
deceive (trick)
deep
definite (certain, sure)
delay fuse
demonstrate
deposit v.
depth
Ntsangu
mes, nayif
Dam
bulala
moshekile
mtshongol
Ngozi
notis ka lo ngozi
Mnyama
ntombazana
Langa
Langa
File
ayikona izwa
Kufa
kohlisa, swaya
pantsi sterek
Nyanis
Mnyama fiyoz
Komba
valela mali
Situba
Joo-bah!
voo-Iah-vah-lah-switch
sah-ee-net
D
ntsahng-goo
mehs, knife
dahm
boo-lah-lah
maw-sheh-kee-leh
rntshawng-gawl
ngaw-zee
naw-tees kah law ngaw-zee
mnyah-mah
ntom-bah-zah-nah
lahng-gah
lahng-gah
fee-leh
eye-kaw-nah eez-wah
koo-fah
kaw-shlee-sah, swy-ah
pahnt-see steh-rehk
nyah-nees
mnyah-mah fee-awz
kawm-bah
vah-leh-lah mah-lee
see-too-bah
descend (go down)
destroy v.
Destroy!
detective
detonator
developer
diagram (sketch)
diamond drill
diarrhoea
die v.
diesel locomotive
different
difficult
dig
Dig!
dim adj.
dip n.
direct v.
directions
direction line
dirt
discharge (dismiss, fire v. 1)
discover
discussion
dish
dislocated
dislocation
dismiss(discharge, fire v. 1)
hamba pantsi
bulala
bulala!
Fokis
Dopi
bas ka Io tonel
mfanekiso
Dayiman mtshin
Guda
Ifa
makalanyan ka lo smok
munye mhlobo
Nzima
Imba
Imba!
ayikona kanya
dip (disinfectant)
Kombisa
Ndlela
Layin
Doti
Gqosha
Tola
Nqokola
Ndish
kunxekile
kunxekile
Gqosha
hahrn-bah pahnt-see
boo-lah-lah
boo-Iah-Iah!
faw-kees
daw-pee
bahs kah law taw-nehl
mfah-nee-kee-saw
dy-ee-mahn mtsheen
goo-dah
ee-fah
mah-kah-lahn-yahn kah law smawk
moon-yeh mshlaw-ba w
nzee-mah
eem-bah
Eem-bah l
eye-kaw-nah kan-yah
deep
kawm-bee-sah
ndIeh-lah
line
daw-tee
gqaw-shah
taw-lah
nqaw-kaw-lah
ndish
koon-nxeh-kee-Ieh
koon-nxeh-kee-leh
gqaw-shah
dissolve
distance
district
divide
Divide!
divided
do
Do!
doctor n.
dog
dog bar(rail-spike extractor)
dog spike(rail spike)
donkey
don't
Don't be afraid!
Don't let go!
Don't look!
don't move
Don't move!
don't want
door
doorway
down
drag v.
Drag!
drag bar
drain n.
draw
Ncibilika
Situba
Lizwe
blukanisa
Hlukanisa!
Hlukanile
Enza
Enza!
Dokotel
Inja
salamabij
Dokis
mbongol
Ayikona
Ayikona saba!
Ayikona yeka! .
Ayikona buka!
ayikona shukuma
Ayikona shukuma!
ayíkona.funa .
Sivalo
mnyango
Pantsi
Dontsa
Dontsa!
Msila
Msel
hola (wages)
nqcee-bee-lee-kah
see-too-bah
leez-weh
shloo-kah-nee-sah
Shloo-kah-nee-sah!
shloo-kah-nee-leh
en-zah
En-zah!
daw-kaw-tehl
een-jah
sah-lah-mah-bitsh
daw-kees
mbawng-gawl
eye-kaw-nah
Eye-kaw-nah sah-bah!
Eye-kaw-nah yen-kahl
Eye-kaw-nah boo-kahl
eye-kaw-nah shoo-koo-mah
Eye-kaw-nah shoo-koo-mah!
eye-kaw-nah foo-nah
see-vah-law
mnyahng-gaw
pahnt-see
dawnt-sah
Dawnt-sah!
msee-lah
msehl
haw-lah
drawing
dress v.
Dress!
dressing(bandage)
drill v.
(bore v.)
Drill!
drill carriage
driller (machine operator)
drill jumper (jumper)
drink v.
Drink!
drinking water
drive n.
drive v.
Drive!
driver
drop v.
drop rail
drown
drum
drunk
dry adj.
dry v.
dump n.
mfanekiso
Gqoka
Gqoka!
bendij
bora,
tshaya lo hoI
bora!, Tshaya lo hol!
skotshkar ka lo mtshin
muntu ka lo mtshin
Jompor
Puza
Puza!
puza-manzi
Tonel
Drayiva
Drayiva!
Drayiva
Iwisa
geyit spor,
vula-vala spor
tshona ka lo manzi
1 drom (e.g. machinery cable)
2 mgqom (container)
3 sigupu (musical)
Dakiwe
Omile
Omisa
ndundum
mfah-nee-kee-saw
gqaw-kah
Gqaw-kah!
helm-dish
baw-rah,
tshy-ah law hawl
baw-rahl, Tshy-ah law hawl!
scotch-car kah law mtsheen
moon-ta ka law mtsheen
jawm-pawr
poo-zah
Poo-zah!
poo-zah mahn-zee
taw-nehl
dry-ee-vah
Dry-ee-vah!
dry-ee-vah
ee-wee-sah
gate spawr,
voo-Iah-vah-lah spawr
tshaw-nah kah law mahn-zee
1 drawm
2 mgqawm
3 see-goo-poo
dah-kee-weh
aw-mee-leh
aw-mee-sah
ndoon-doom
dust n.
dyke
dynamite n.
dynamo
Tuli
dayik (geological)
Jelatin
mota ka 10 ges
too-lee
dyke
jeh-lah-teen
maw-tah kah law ges
E
ear
earliest
early
early morning
early shift
earth n.
earth wire
easer
easy
eat
Eat!
elastic rail-spike
elbow
elbow bend
elect (choose, select)
electric cable
electric drill
electrician
electricity
electric loader
Ndlebe
Kuqala
Kuseni
Kuseni
vuka tshif
Mhlaba
fokis waya
iza (development)
Lula
Idla
IdIa!
spring dokis
Ngqiniba (part of body
bend ka lo ngqiniba
Keta
kebul ka lo ges,
ntambo ka lo ges
Sishihan
bas ka lo ges
Ges
busman ka lo ges
ndleh-beh
koo-qah-lah
koo-seh-nee
koo-seh-nee
voo-kah tsheef
mshlah-bah
faw-kees why-ah
ee-zah
loo-lah
eed-Iah
Eed-Iah!
spring daw-kees
) ngqee-nee-bah
behnd kah law ngqee-nee- bah
keh-tah
keh-bul kah law ges,
ntahm-baw kah law ges
see-she-hahn
bahs kah Iaw ges
ges
boas-mahn kah law ges
electric locomotive
electric motor
elsewhere
emery cloth
emery wheel
employ (engage)
empty car (empty truck
empty cocopan
empty container
empty truck (empty car
end-tipping car
(stope car)
enemy
engage (employ)
engine
engineer
engine room
English
enough(adequate, sufficient)
entangled
enter
Enter! (Go in!)
enthusiasm
entrance
epileptic fit
equipment .
erect v.
error (mistake)
makalanyan ka lo ges
mota ka lo ges
munye nda wo
sant pepa
Mlola
Qasha
) panga
Panga
Panga
) panga
mah-kah-lahn-yahn kah law ges
maw-tah kah law ges
moon-yeh ndah-o
sant peh-pah
mlaw-Iah
qah-shah
pahng-gah
pahng-gah
pahng-gah
pahng-gah
Dongan
skebenga
Qasha
Enjin
Enjiner
hawus ka lo enjin
Singis
Lungile
bopanile
Ngena
Ngena!
tshiseka
geyit
stutwan
Mpahla
aka
masteyik
dong-gahn
skeh-behng-gah
qah-shah
engine
engi-nehr
house kah law engine
Seeng-gees
loong-gee-leh
baw-pah-nee-leh
ngeh-nah
Ngeh-nahl
tshee-seh-kah
gate
stoot-one
mpah-shlah
ah-kah
mahs-take
evening
eventually
everybody (everyone)
everyone (everybody)
everywhere
examine (investigate)
excavation (hole 3)
except
exchange v.
Exchange!
exhaust n.
exhausted
exhaust fan
exhaust pipe
exit (outlet)
expand d
expensive
experienced
exploder
explosion
explosive n.
extend
extension rail (jump set)
extinguish 1
extinguish 2 (put out)
extract
Extract!
eye n.
tshona langa
mbay-mbay
zonke
zonke
zonke ndawo
setsha
Mgodi
pandle
Tshintsha
Tshintsha!
ekzos
katalile
ekzos fen
ekzos
ndawo ka lo puma
Lulisa
duI
fundile (e.g. man)
mtshin ka lo tshisa
Mdubula
jelatin
dlulisa
jim set
cima
cima (e.g. candle)
kipa
Kipa!
Mehlo
tshaw-nah lahng-gah
mby-mby
zawn-keh
zawn-keh
zawn-keh ndah-o
seht-shah
mgaw-dee
pahnd-Ieh
Tsheen-tshah
Tsheen-tshah!
ek-zaws
kah-tah-Iee-leh
ek-zaws fehn
ek-zaws
ndah-o kah law poo-mah
dloo-lee-sah
doo-l
foon-dee-Ieh
mtsheen kah law cheesa
mdoo-boo-lah
jeh-Iah-teen
dloo-lee-sah
jim set
qee-mah
qee-mah
kee-pah
Kee-pah!
meh-shlaw
eye bolt
eye-bolt extractor
eye drops
eyes
ayi bawut
spanel ka lo kip a lo ayi bawut
muti ka Io mehlo
Mehlo
face n.
1 buso (part of body)
2 skwel (mine)
rig ka lo skwel
wintsh ka lo skwel
hluleka, pazama
aziko nqondo
Temba
Iwa
Fen
fen band
tonel ka: lo fen
feng bawut
Kude
bopa, fasa
bopa!, Fasa!
Mafuta
baba
Saba
Fida
Izwa
fit (measuring unit)
eye-baut
spah-nehl kah law kee-pah law eye-baut
moo-tee kah law meh-shlaw
meh-shlaw
F
face rig
face winch
fail
faint (unconscious)
faith
fall
fan
fan belt
fan drift
fang boIt
far
fasten
Fasten!
fat
father
fear n.
feeder
feel
feet
1 boo-saw
2 skwehl
rig kah law skwehl
wintsh kah law skwehl
shloo-leh-kah, pah-zah-mah
ah-zee-koo nqawn-daw
tellin-bah
ee-wah
fehn
fehn bahnd
taw-nehl kah law fehn
fehng baut
koo-deh
baw-pah, fah-sah
baw-pah!, Fah-sah!
mah-foo-tah
bah-bah
sah-bah
fee-dah
eez-wah
feet
fell v.
female (woman n.)
ferrule (bose mender)
fetch
few
fight v.
file
fill
Fill!
film
filter cloth
find
Find! (Look for!)
finger
finger-nail :
fingers
finish v. (complete v.)
Finish! (Complete!)
finished
fire n.
fire v. 1(discharge, dismiss)
fire v. 2
Fire!
firearm
fire extinguisher
firewood
firm adj.
first
Iwile
Mfazi
spayipan
Landa
Mbíjan
Ilwa
Fayil
Gcwalisa
Gcwalisa !
Filim
Seyil
Tola
Funa!
Munwe
Zipo
Munwe
pelisa, qeda
Pelisa !, Qeda!
Pelile
Mlilo
Qgosha
tshisa lo hol(explosive charge)
Tshisa lo hol!
Sibam
tenk ka lo cima mlilo
Nkuni
Qinile
Kuqala
ee-wee-leh
mfah-zee
spy-ee-pahn
lahn-dah
mbee-tshan
eel-wah
file
gcwah-lee-sah
Gcwah-lee-sah!
fee-Ieem
sail
taw-lah
Foo-nah!
moon-weh
zee-paw
moon-weh
peh-lee-sah, qeh-dah
Peh-Iee-sah!, Qeh-dah!
peh-lee-leh
rnlee-law
gqaw-shah
cheesa law hawl
Cheesa law hawl!
see-bahm
tehnk kah law qee-rnah mlee-Iaw
nkoo-nee qee-nee-Ieh
koo-qah-lah
first-aid
fish plate
fish-plate bolt
fish-plate reducer
fist
fit in
fit on
fitter
fitting shop
fit well
fix up(correct, mend 1, repair)
Fix up!
flame
flange
flat adj.
flat car
flat trolley
floor
follow
food
fool n.
foot
football (soccer)
footwall
forearm
foreman
forest (trees)
fest-eyid
fish pleyit
bawut ka lo fishpleyit
ridyus ka lofish pleyit
Sibakel
Lingana
Lingana
bas ka lo fitas
tshap ka lo fit as
linganisa kahle
Lungisa
Lungisa l
Mlílo
Fìenj
Level
skotshkar
skotshkar
Flo
Landela
skaf .
spukupuk,
mampara
Nyawo
fut bol
taful pantsi
Ngalo
Foloman
Hlati
fist aid
fish plate
baut kah law fishplate
reduce kah law fish plate
see-bah-kehl
leeng-gah-nah
leeng-gah-nah
bahs kah law fee-tahs
tshahp kah law fee-tahs
leeng-gah-nee-sah gah-shleh
- loong-gee-sah
Loong-gee-sah!
mlee-law
flenge
leh-vehl
scotch-car
scotch-car
flaw
lahn-deh-lah
skahf
spoo-koo-pook,
mahm-pah-rah
nyah-o
football
tah-ful pahnt-see
ngah-Iaw
faw-law-mahn
shlah-tee
forget
forgive
forgotten
fork lift
for nothing
forward
frame
friction prop(hydraulic prop)
friend (mate n.)
frighten
frog
full
fumes
funkey slide
furnace
fuse n.
Kohlwa
sori, xolela
Kohliwe
mpakamisa
Mahala
Pambili
Freyim
jek pak, jek prop
Mata
Sabisa
switsh-pontsh (track)
Gcwalile
smok ka lo jelatin
tshayinaman
mbawula
Fiyoz
gang (team 1)
gang book (gang card)
gang card (gang book)
ganger (miner)
gaol Gail, prison)
gas
gasket
gassed
gate
geng, span, tim
geng buk
geng buk
bas
jeyil, stokis
smok ka lo jelatin
gaskit
Iakiwe (drunk as a result of gas)
Geyit
kawshl-wah
saw-ry, xah-leh-lah
kaw-shlee-weh
mpah-kah-mee-sah
ma-hah-lah
pahm-bee-Iee
frame
jeck pahk, jeck prop
mah-tah
sah-bee-sah
switch-pawntsh
gcwah-Iee-Ieh
smawk kah law jeh-Iah-teen
chinaman
mbau-lah
fee-awz
G
geng, spahn, team
geng book
geng book
bahs
jail, staw-kees
smawk kah law jeh-lah-teen
gahs-keet
dah-kee-weh
gate
gate valve ,
gather (bring together) ]
gauge n.
gear
gearbox
gently
Gently!
get in
Get in!
get on
Get on! l
get up (stand up)
Get up! (Stand up!)
gift (present n.)
girl
give l
Give!
glad (happy, pleased)
glass
glasses
globe (bulb)
glove
glowing
go
Go!
go away (clear off)
Go away! (Clear off!)
Valy
alanganisa i
1. geyij (instrument)
2. situba ka lo spor (track width)
ger
Gerbokis
kahle
Kahle!
Kwela
Kwela!
k:wela
Kwela!
Pakama
Pakama!
basela
atombazana
Nika
Nika!
jabula
Glas
mafestel ka lo mehlo
layit ka lo ges
Sandal
Vitsha
Hamba
Hamba!
Suka
Suka!
vahlv
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
gauge
see-too-bah kah law spawr
gehr
gehr-baw-kees
gah-shleh
Gah-shlehl
kweh-Iah
Kweh-Iah!
kweh-Iah
Kweh-Iah!
pah-kah-mah
Pah-kah-mah!
bah-seh-lah
ntom-bah-zah-nah
nee-kah
Nee-kahl
iah-boo-lah
glass.
mah-fehs-tel kah law meh-shlaw
light kah law ges
sahnd-lah
yhee-tshah
hahm-bah
Hahm-bah!
soo-kah
Soo-kah!
go back (turn back)
Go back! (Tum backt)
God
go down (descend) !
Go down!
goggles
Go in! (Enter!)
gold
gold concentrate
gold bar
gong
good
Good afternoon!
Goodbye!
Good day!
Good evening!
Good morning!
goose neck
go out
Go out!
government
go with (accompany)
Go with!
grab n.
grasp
Penduka
Penduka!
Nkulukul
hamba pantsi
Hamba pantsi!
1 mafestel ka lo mehlo(glass)
2 sefrnehlo (gauze)
Ngena l
golid, Mali
Golid
stin ka lo mali,
stin ka lo golid
ngongong
Muhle
Molo!
1 Hamba kahle! (to someone going)
2 Sala kahle! to someone staying)
Molo!
Molo!
Molo!
tipa spor
Puma
Puma!
Gavment
hamba na
Hamba na!
mhofu (shaft sinking)
bamba
pen-doo-kah
Pen-doo-kah l
N-coo-Ioo-cool
hahm-bah pahnt-see
Hahrn-bah pahnt-see l
1 mah-fehs-tel kah law meh-shlaw
2 sehf-meh-shlaw
Ngeh-nah!
gaw-Ieed, mah-lee
gaw-leed
steen kah law mah-lee,
steen kah law gaw-leed
ngong-ngong
moo-shleh
Maw-law!
l Hahm-bah gah-shlehl
2 Sah-lah gah-shlehl
Maw-law!
Maw-law!
Maw-law!
tee-pah spawr
poo-mah
Poo-mah!
gahv-ment
hahm-bah nah
Hahm-bah nah!
mhaw-foo
bahm-bah
grease n.
grease v.
Grease!
grease cup
great (big, large)
green
greet
grief
grind (crush, break up)
grip
grizzley bar
groin
groove
ground (soil)
grow
guard n.
guide n.
guide line
guilty
. gully
gully box
gun (rifte)
Mafuta
faka lo mafuta
Faka lo mafuta!
komitsh ka lo mafuta
Makulu
luhlaza (colour)
Molisa
buhlungu
Gaya
bamba
spor ka lo tip
nyonga (part of body)
Msel
Mhlabati
Kula
Gad
spor ka lo tshaf
Layin
kona tshala
Gali
gaIi bokis (electricity)
Sibam
mah-foo-tah
fah-kah law mah-foo-tah
Fah-kah law mah-foo-tahl
kaw-meetsh kah law mah-foo-tah
mah-coo-loo
loo-shlah-zah
maw-lee-sah
boo-shloong-goo
gy-ah
bahm-bah
spawr kah law teep
nyawng-gah
msehl
mshlah-bah-tee
koo-lah
gahd
spa wr kah law tshahf
line
kaw-nah tshah-Iah
gah-Iee
gah-Iee baw-kees
see-bahm
H
hacksaw
hair
balf
Hekso
Nwele
Haf
hack-saw
nwheh-Ieh
half
hammer n.
hand
handle n.
hand points
hang
hanging (hanging wall)
hanging wall (hanging)
hang up
happy (glad, pleased)
hard
hard hat(helmet, safety hat)
has (possess 1)
bat
haul v.
Haul!
haulage
haulage-engine driver
have (possess 2)
he
head n.
headgear
heal (cure v.)
health
healthy (well)
hear
beart
heat (warmth)
heater
Hamel
sandIa
Handel
switsh pontsh
jingisa (something)
taful pezulu (mine)
taful pezulu
jingisa (something)
Jabula
Qinile
Makalap
Kona
Sigqoko
Dontsa
Dontsa!
Holij
drayiva ka lo holij
Kona
Yena
Skop
skop ka lo tshaf
Pilisa
Pila
pila kahle
Izwa
Nhliziyo
Tshisa
Hita
hah-mehl
sahnd-lah
hahn-dehl
switch-pawntsh
jing-gee-sah
tah-ful peh-zoo-loo
tah-ful peh-zoo-Ioo
j ing-gee-sah
jah-boo-lah
qee-nee-Ieh
mah-kah-lahp
kaw-nah
see-gqaw-kaw
dawnt-sah
Dawnt-sah!
haw-litsh
dry-ee-vah kah law haw-litsh
kaw-nah
yhe-nah
skawp
ska wp kah la w tshahf
pee-lee-sah
pee-lah
pee-lah gah-shIeh
eez-wah
nshlee-zee-o
cheesa
hee-tah
heat exhaustion
beat stroke
beavy weight
heel n.
height
helmet(hard hat, safety hat)
help v. (assist)
Help!
helper
hemp
hemp cord
her
here
hers
hessian
hide v. (conceal)
Hide! (Conceal!)
high
him
hinder
bip
bis
hit (strike v.)
Hit!
hoe v.
Hoe!
hoist n.
hole l
katala ka lo tshisa
gula ka lo tshisa
Nzima
sitend (part of body)
Situba
Makalap
Siza
Siza!
Masiza
Ropiyan
Ropiyan
yen a
Lapa
ka yena
Saka
fihla (something)
Fihla l (something)
Pezulu
. yena
Vimbela
Mahleza
ka yena
Tshaya
Tshaya!
Hlakula
I-Ilakula!
Enjm
hol (blasting)
kah-tah-lah kah law cheesa
goo-lah kah law cheesa
nzee-mah
see-tehnd
see-too-bah
mah-kah-Iahp
see-zah
See-zahl
mah-see-zah
rope-yahn
rope-yahn
yhe-nah
lah-pah
kah yhe-nah
. sah-kah
fee-shlah
Fee-sWah!
peh-zoo-loo
yhe-nah
veem-beh-lah
mah-shleh-zah
kah yhe-nah
tshy-ah
Tshy-ah!
shlah-koo-lah
Shlah-koo-Iah!
engme
hawl
hole 2 (opening)
hole 3 (excavation)
boje director
holiday-maker
home (house)
hook
hooter
hope n.
hopper
horse
hose
hose mender (ferrule)
hospital
hostel
hot (warm adj.)
hour
house (home)
how
however (but)
how many
how much
. hungry
Hurry!
hurt (injure)
hydraulic prop
(friction prop)
hygrometer
mbobo (in any materù
Mgodi
komba skwel
mvakasha l
hawus, kaya I
huk
klok
Temba
hopor
Hash
Ntambo
spayipan
Sibedlel
hostel
Tshisa
Awal
hawus, kaya
Kanjani
Kodwa
mangaki
mangaki
Lambile
Tshetsha!
Limaza
jek pak,
jek prop
vur-vur
71) mbaw-baw
mgaw-dee
kawrn-bah skwehl
mvah-kah-shah
house, ky-ah'
hook
clock
tehm-bah
haw-pawl'
hahsh
ntahm-baw
spy-ee-pahn
see-bed-Iehl
haw-stehl
cheesa
au-wahl
house, ky-ah
kahn-jah-nee
kawd-wah
mahng-gah-kee
mahng-gah-kee
lahm-bee-Ieh.
Tsheh-tshah!
lee-mah-zah
jeck pahk,
jeck prop
voor-voor
I
i
idler
if
igniter cord
ill (sick)
immediately (now 2)
important matter
in
incline haulage
incline shaft
indicate
inform
in front (ahead, before)
inject
injection
injure (hurt)
injured by electricity
injury
insert (put in)
Insert! (put in!)
inside
insolent
inspect
inspector
Mina
Rol
Skat
baleka fìyoz
Gula
kona manje,
manje-manje,
Tshetsha
makulu into
Pakati
tshaf holij
inklayin tshaf
Komba
Tshela
Pambili
Hlaba
Jekshin
Limaza
ngozi ka lo ges
Ngozr
Faka
Paka!
Pakati
nkani, tshiki
Setsha
Spektar
mee-nah
rawl
skaht
bah-leh-kah fee-awz
goo-Iah
kaw-nah mahn-jeh,
mahn-jeh-mahn-jeh
tsheh-tshah
mah-coo-loo een-too
pah-kah-tee
tshahf haw-litsh
incline tshahf
kawm-bah
tsheh-lah
. pahm-bee-lee
shlah-bah
jeck-shin
lee-mah-zah
ngaw-zee kah law ges
ngaw-zee
fah-kah
Fah-kahl
pah-kah-tee
nkah-nee, cheeky
seht-shah
spehk-tar
Install
instruct (teach, train v.)
instructor
insulation tape
intelligent (elever)
interpreter
into
intoxicated
investigate (examine)
iodine
iron n.
is
isn't any (aren't any)
it
its
Faka
Fundisa
Instrakta
teyip ka 10 ges
hlakanipile
Tolik
Pakati
Dakiwe
Setsha
Ayidin
Ntsimbi
Kona
Aziko
Yena
Kayena
jack (car lifter)
jack-bar
jacket
jackhammer
Jek
bar jek (rock drill)
bantsh
madumelan,
Mtshin
jeyil, stokis
Mhlati
Dontsa
ontsa! D
zi je
fah-kah
foon-dee-sah
instrahk-tah
tape kah law ges
shlah-kah-nee-pee-Ieh
taw-leek
pah-kah-tee
dah-kee-weh
seht-shah
eye-deen
ntseem-bee
kaw-nah
ah-zee-koo
yhe-nah
kah yhe-nah
J
jail (gaol, prison)
jaw
jerk
Jerk! D
jersey je
jeck
barjeck
bahntsh
mah-doo-meh-lahn,
mtsheen
jail, staw-kees
mshlah-tee
dawnt-sah
awnt-sah!
h-see
jet sp
jim-crow ji
job (task) m
jockey jo
Johannesburg
join v. di
joint jo
judge v. (convict v.) g
jumper (drill jumper) jo
jumper guard(collaring rubber shield)
jumper trolley
jump set(extension rail)
just now m
reyi sp
m krow ji
sebenzi m
ki jo
Janasbek, Ja
N 'geli N
banisa d
yin (e.g. rail) jo
weba g
mpor ja
gaskit ka lo jompor g
skotshkar ka lo majompor
jim set ji
bay-mbay m
ray
m crow
seh-behn-zee
ckey
h-nahs-behk,
gaw-lee
ee-bah-nee-sah
in
weh-bah
wm-pawr
ahs-keet kah law jawm-pawr
scotch-car kah law mah-jawm-pawr
m set
by-mby
K
keep (retain)
keep still
Keep still!
kettle
key
kibble b
kick v.
Kick!
kill
Kill!
geina g
a yikona shukuma
Ayikona shukuma! E
ketel k
1 kiya (e.g. lock)
2 pin (machinery)
aket ka lo tshaf
kaba
Kaba!
bulala
bulala!
cee-nah
eye-kaw-nah shoo-koo-mah
ye-kaw-nah shoo-koo-mah!
ettle
1 kee-yah
2 peen
bah-keht kah law tshahf
kah-bah
Kah-bah!
boo-lah-lah
boo-lah-lah!
kitchen
knee n.
knee guards
kneel
Kneel!
knife
knock v.
Knock!
knocking-off time
knot n.
know
knowledge
kishin
dolo d
madolo
Guqa
Guqa!
mes, nayif
gqongqosa
Gqongqosa!
skat ka lo tshayile
Qina
Azi
Ukwazi
lace v.
Lace!
ladder
bopa, fasa
bopa!, Fasa!
Lad
Stepis
nyatelo ka lo lad,
stepis ka lo lad
nyatelo ka lo lad,
stepis ka lo lad
ndlela ka lo stepis
ndawo ka lo stepis
Laken
Qwalela
Lamp
kee-sheen
aw-law
mah-daw-law
goo-qah
Goo-qah!
mehs, knife
gqawng-gqaw-sah
Gqawng-gqaw-sah!
skaht kah law tshy-ee-leh
qee-nah
ah-zee
oo-kwah-zee
L
ladder rung (rung)
ladder step
ladderway
ladderway compartment
lagging
lame
lamp
baw-pah, fah-sah
baw-pah l, Fah-sah !
lahd,
steh-pees
nyah-teh-law kah law lahd,
steh-pees kah la w lahd
nyah-teh-law kah law lahd,
steh-pees kah law lahd
ndleh-lah kah law steh-pees
ndah-o kah law steh-pees
lah-kin
qwah-leh-Iah
lahmp
lamp room
land (country)
landing place
language
large (big, great)
lash (load v.)
Lash! (Load!)
lash back
Lash back!
lasher
lashing shoe
last adj.
late
later n
latrine (lavatory)
latrine bucket
laugh
lavatory (latrine)
law
lay v.
lazy
lead (metal) n
lead v.
leader
leak
learn
Learn!
lamp hawus
Lizwe
stish (mine)
Limi
Makulu
Layisha
Layìshal
Hoya
Hova!
malayisha
faka nyawo
yena last,
muva (in row)
Iteyit
nbay-mbay n
bosh
baket ka lo bosh
hileka
bosh
mteto
lalisa (e.g. pipes)
lova
atofu r
kokela
mkokeli Il
vuza (e.g. water)
funda
funda!
lahmp house
leez-weh
stish
lee-mee
mah-coo-loo
lie-ee-shah
Lie-ee-shah!
haw-vah
Haw-vah!
mah-lie-ee-shah
fah-kah nyah-o
y'he-nah last,
nnoo-vah
liate
nby-mby
tiosh
tiah-keht kah la w bosh
shleh-kah
tiosh
mteh-too
lah-lee-sah
law-vah
ntaw-foo
mkaw-keh-lah
nkaw-keh-lee
v'oo-zah
foon-dah
foon-dah!
learned adj.
learner n
learning n.
learnt
leave n.
leave v.
leave behind
left
leg
leg guards n
lend
length
lesson
let (allow, permit v.)
let go
Let go!
letter
level adj.
level crossing
level off
Level off!
lever n,
lever arm (arm)
lice
lid
lie v.
lie v. 2
fundile (e.g. man)
mfundi
ukwazi
fundile
liv
1 hamba (go away)
2 y'eka (let go)
shíya
kohlo (direction)
mlenze
madolo
boleka t
situba
fundo
vumela ,
yeka
Yeka !
ncwadi
level
dlula spor
levela
.I evelal
handel
Handel
Ntwala
Sivalo
lala (e.g. person)
manga (tell untruth)
f oon-dee-leh
mfoon-dee
oo-kwah-zee
foon-dee-leh
leev
1 hahm-bah
2) yeh-kah
sïhe-yah
kaw-shlaw
mlen-zeh
mah-daw-Iaw
baw-leh-kah
see-too-bah
mfoon-daw
voo-meh-Iah
yeh-kah
yeh-kah!
nqcwah-dee
leh-vehl
dIoo-lah spawr
leh-veh-lah
leh-veh-Iah!
hahn-dehl
hahn-dehl
ntwah-Iah
see-yah-law
lah-lah
mahng-gah
Lie down!
iifebelt 1 (safety belt)
lifebelt2
lifeline 1 (safety rope, safety sling)
lifeline 2
lift v. (raise v.)
Lift!
lifter hole
light adj.
light v.
Light!
like v.
Lime
line n.
Lion
Liquor
Listen
Listen!
little (not much)
live v.
load n.
load v. (lash)
Load! (Lash!)
Loader
loaf v.
Loafer
lock n.
lock v,
Lalapantsi!
fokis band
fokis band
fokis sling
fokis sling
pakamisa
Pakamisa!
lifta (development)
lula (weight)
Layita
Layita!
Tanda
Kalik
Layin
ngonyama
Tshwala
Mamela
Mamela!
Mbijan
Pila
Mtwalo
layisha .
Layisha!
busman (mechanical or electric)
Lova
Lova
Kiya
Kiya
Lah-lah pahnt-see!
faw-kees bahnd
faw-kees bahnd
faw-kees sling
faw-kees sling
pah-kah-mee-sah
Pah-kah-mee-sah l
leef-tah
loo-lah
lie-ee-tah
Lie-ee-tab!
tahn-dah
kah-Ieek
line
ngawn-yah-mah
tshwah-Iah
mah-meh-lah
Mah-meh-lah!
mbee-tshahn
pee-Iah
mtwah-Iaw
lie-ee-shah
Lie-ee-shah!
boos-mahn
law-yah
law-yah
kee-yah
kee-yah
Lock!
Locomotive
long adj.
long v.
look v.
Look!
look for
Look for! (Find!)
Look out! (be careful!, beware!, Mind!)
loop
loose:
loosen
lose
low
lower v.
Lower!
lubricate
Lubricate!
lubricator
lucky
lung
Kiya!
makalanyan
Langwan
Funa
Huka
buka!
funa
Funa!
pas op!:
switsh pontsh
lusekile
lusa
lahla
pantsi
hambisa pantsi
Hambisa pantsi!
faka lo mafuta
faka lo mafuta!
sigodongo se
laki
papu
machine operator
magnet
mahewu m
main
muntu ka lo mtshin
mbambo
iahewu (a drink)
makulu
Kee-yah!
mah-kab-lahn-yahn
lahng-one
foo-nab
boo-kah
boo-kahl
foo-nah
foo-nah!
Pahs-awp!
switch-pawntsh
loo-seh-kee-leh
loo-sah
lah-shlah
pahnt-see
hahm-bee-sah pahnt-see
hahm-bee-sah pahnt-see!
fah-kah law mah-foo-tah
Fah-kah law mah-foo-tah!
see-gaw-dawng-gaw
lah-kee
pah-poo
M
moon-to kah law mtsheen
mbahm-baw
mah-heh-o
mah-coo-Ioo .
make
male n. (man)
man (male n.)
manager
manifold
many
mark n.
mark v.
Mark!
marlin spike
marry
Mary-Ann
mason's line
matches
mate n. (friend)
material
material trolley
matpack
me
mealie meal
measure V.
Measure!
meat
medical station
superintendent
medicine
meditate
meet
enza
ndoda
ndoda n
menejer
manifol
maningi
mak
komba
komba!
spayik
tshata
merriyen (single-deck_cage)
ntambo ka Io meselan n
Metshis
Mata
Mpahla
skotshkar
Pak
Mina
Mpupu
Sayiza
Sayiza!
Nyama
mlungu ka lo
fest eyid
Muti
Cabanga
dibana, hlangana
en-zah
ndaw-dah
daw-dah
mani-jehr
lam-fall
mah-neeng-gee
mark
kawm-bah
kawm-bah!
Spike
tshah-tah
mary-ann
ntahm-baw kah law meh-see-lahn
met-shees
mah-tah
mpah-shlah
scotch-car
pahk
mee-nah
mpoo-poo
sie-ee-zah
Sie-ee-zah !
nyah-mah
mloong-goo kah law
fist aid
moo-tee
qah-bahng-gah
dee-bah-nah, shlahng-gah-nah
melt
memory
mend 1 (correct, fix up, repair)
mend 2
mess v, (muddle v.)
message
messenger
methane gas
metre
middle
milk n.
mill n.
mill v.
mind n.
Mind! (be carefull,
beware!, Look out!)
mine n.
mine prono
mine overseer
miner (ganger)
miner's assistant
mine security
mine security officer
mining area
minute n.
misfire n
misfired hole
mislead
Ncibilika
mkumbula
Lungisa
tunga (clothing)
Mosha
Myalezo
Mesenja
Mbawul
Mita
Pakati
Melek
ngwenya
Gaya
Nqondo
nqcee-bee-lee-kah
mkoom-boo-Iah
loong-gee-sah
toong-gah
maw-shah
myah-leh-zaw
messen-yah
mbaul
meeter
pah-kah-tee
meh-lehk
ngwen-yah
gy-ah
nqawn-daw
Pas op!
Mayin
ka mina
mayin kap
bas
Mqubeli
Fokis
mtshingilan, fokis
Goli
Minit
Skelem
Skelem
kohlisa, swaya
Pahs-awp!
mine
kah mee-nah
mine-kahp
hahs
rnkoo-beh-lee
faw-kees
mtsheeng-gee-lahn, faw-kees
gaw-lee
mee-neet
skeh-Iehm
skeh-Iehm
kaw-shlee-sah, swy-ah
mistake (error)
mix
model
money
monkey
monorail
month
moon
more
morning
mortuary
mother
motor
mould n.
mouth
move away
Move away!
move forward (advance)
Move forward!
much
mud
muddle v. (mess v.)
mug
mule
my
masteyik
hlanganisa
mfanekiso
Mali
manki (safety device)
wan-wan spor
Nyanga
Nyanga
Futi
Kuseni
motshuwari
Mama
Mota
fom (e,g. casting)
Mlom
Susa
Susa!
hamba pambili
Hamba pambili!
Maningi
Motol
Mosha
bikil
mbongol
ka mina
N
mahs-take
shlahng-gah-nee-sah
mfah-nee-kee-saw
mah-Iee
mahng-kee
one-one spawr
nyahng-gah
nyahng-gah
foo-tee
koo-seh-nee maw-tshoo-wah-ree
mah-mah
maw-tab
form
mlawm
soo-sah
Soo-sah!
hahm-bah pahm-bee-lee
Hahm-bah pahm-bee-lee!
mah-neeng-gee
maw-tawl
maw-shah
bee-keel
rnbawng-gawl
kah mee-nah
nail n.
nail extractor
name n.
nationality
near
neck
need v.
needle
never
new
next
next to
nice
night
nil (no)
nipple
no
no (nil)
noise
non-return valve
nonsense
nose
not
note n.
nothing
notice n.
notíce board
l spikil
2 zipo (e.g. finger)
salamabíj
Gama
Mhlobo
Duze
Ntamo
Funa
Nalit
noko wan skat
Nyuwan
landela (in row)
Duze
mnandi, rouble
busuku
Aziko
Nepul
ayi (reply)
Aziko
Msindo
stan valve
Roahala
Mpumlo
Ayikona
ncwadi (letter)
aziko, nikis
Notis
notis bod
1 spee-keel
2 zee-paw
sah-lah-mah-bitsh
gah-mah
mshlaw-baw
doo-zeh
ntah-maw
foo-nah
nah-leet
naw-kaw one skaht
new-one
lahn-deh-lah
doo-zeh
mnahn-dee, rnoo-shleh
boo-soo-koo
ah-zee-koo
neh-pul
eye
ah-zee-koo
mseen-daw
stahn vahlv
ma-hah-lah
mpoom-Iaw
eye-kaw-nah
nqcwah-dee
ah-zie-koo, nee-kees
naw-tees
naw-tees board
not much llittlé)
now 1
now 2 (immediately)
nowhere
Number (armlet, wristlet number)
nut
Mbijan
Mame
kona manje,
manje-manje,
Tshetsha
aziko ndawo
namba, nombor
Noti
obey
obtain
off
office
often
oil n.
oil v.
Oil!
English
oil skins
old
on (above, on top of, upon)
once
on top of (above, on, upon)
open adj.
open v.
Open!
opening (hole 2)
Lalela
Tola
Pumile
Ofis
maningi skat
Oyil
faka lo mafuta
Faka lo mafuta!
Fanakalo
Skwehle
Madala
Pezulu
wan skat
Pezulu
Vuliwe
Vula
Vula!
Mbobo
mbee-tshahn
mahn-jeh
kaw-nah mahn-jeh,
mahn-jeh-mahn-jeh,
tsheh-tshah
ah-zee-koo ndah-o
nahm-bah, .nawm-bawr
naw-tee
O
lah-leh-lah
taw-lah
poo-mee-leh
aw-fees
mah-neeng-gee skaht
oil
fah-kah law mah-foo-tah
Fah-kah law mah-foo-tahl
Pronunciation
skweh-shleh
mah-dah-lah
peh-zoo-Ioo
one skaht
peh-zoo-loo
voo ..lee-weh
voo ..lah
Voo-Iah!
mbaw-baw
or (whether)
ore
orepass
other
ours
out
outlet (exit)
outside
overall n.
overtime
ox
Nook
Sitof
Opas
Munye
ka tina
Pumile
ndawo ka lo puma
Pandie
Ovarol
Ova
Nkabi
naw-kaw
see-tawf
aw-pahs
moon ..yeh
kah tee-nah
poo-mee-leh
ndah-o kah law poo-mah
pahnd-leh
ovah-rawl
aw-vah
nkah-bee
P
pack v.
packet
padlock
pain (ache n.)
painful
paint n.
paint v.
Paint!
pair
pan
paper
parade v. (call out)
paraffin
parcel
Paka
Paket
Kiya
buhlungu
buhlungu
Peyint
Peyinta
Peyinta!
Mabili
Pan
Pepa
Pareyid
Paraffin
Paket
pah-kah
pah-keht
kee-yah
boo-shloong-goo
boo-shloong-goo
paint
pain-tah
Pain-tah!
mah-bee-lee
pahn
peh-pah
pah-rade
pah-rah-feen
pah-keht
part (piece)
part v.
parted
pass n. (permit)
pass v.
Pass!
patch
path (roadway)
patient n.
pay n.
pay-day
peg (survey peg)
pelvis
penetrate
people
permit n. (pass n.)
permit v, (let, allow)
person
personnel officer
perspiration (sweat n.)
perspire (sweat v.)
petrol
photograph n.
piano wire
pick n.
pickaxe
picker (sorter)
pis
hlukanisa
Hlukanile
pas, pemet
l dlula, wela
2 pasa (e.g. examinatioin)
Dlula!
Petsh
ndle1a
Sigulan
batala
langa ka lo hola
skonkwan
Mahleza
Hlaba
bantu
pas, pemet
Vumela
Muntu
Masiza
Mjuluko
juluka, tamba
Pitrol
Sitombe
Waya
Pik
pik zembe
Mketi
piece
shloo-kah-nee-sah
shloo-kah-nee-leh
pahs, peh-meht
l dloo-lah, weh-Iah
2 pah-sah
Dloo-Iah!
petch
ndleh-lah
see-goo-Iahn
bah-tah-lah
lahng-gah kah law haw-lah
skawnk-one
mah-shleh-zah
shlah-bah
bahn-to
pahs, peh-meht
voo-meh-lah
moon-to
mah-see-zah
mjoo-loo-coo
joo-Ioo-kah, tahm-bah
peet-rol
see-tom-beh
why-ah
peek
peek zehm-beh
mkeh-tee
pick up
Pick up!
picture
piece (part)
pierce
pigsty
pill
pillar
pin n.
pinch bar
pinch-bar guard.
pipe
pipe cutter
piston
place n. (position)
place v.
plane n.
plank
plate 1
plate 2
platform
play v.
please v.
pleased (glad, happy)
plenty
plough n.
plough v.
pakamisa
Pakamisa!
Sitombe
Pts
Hlaba
mtangala (support)
Pilis
stik sayid
Pm
Mgqala
gaskit ka lo mgqala
nqawu (tobacco)
payip
Katanis
Pistin
Ndawo
beak
skafu (carpenter's tool)
Plank
ndish, pleyit
pleyit (e.g. steel)
Platform
Dlala
Jabulisa
Jabula
Maningi
Kuba
Lima
pah-kah-mee-sah
Pah-kah-mee-sah!
see-tom-beh
piece
shlah-bah
mtahng-gah-Iah
pee-lees
stick side
peen
mgah-Iah
gahs-keet kah law rngah-lah
1.nqah-woo
2 pipe
kah-tahn-ees
pees-tin
ndah-o
beh-kah
skah-foo
plahnk
ndish, plate
plate
plat-fawm
dlah-lah
jah-boo-Iee-sah
jah-boo-lah
mah-neeng-gee
koo-bah
lee-mah
plug n.
points (switch n. 2)
poison n.
pole
policeman
police officer
polish n.
polish v.
Polish!
porridge
position n.(place)
possess 1 (bas)
possess 2 (have)
poster
pot
potato
pour
power
power winch
practised
preacher
prefer
present ad}.
present n. (gift)
present v.
press v.
Press!
prevent
blok
switsh pontsh (track)
Poyízin
prop, stik
Polisa
Polisa
Polish
Polisha
Polisha!
Palish
Ndawo
Kana
Kona
Sitombe
mbiza, pot
mazamban
Tela
stirn (steam)
Wintsh
Fundile
Mfundis
Tanda
Kona
basela
nika
Nyatela
Nyatela!
Vimbela
blawk
switch-pawntsb
poi-zeen
prop, stick
paw-lee-sah
paw-Iee-sah
polish
polish-ah
Polish-ah!
pah-leesh
ndah-o
kaw-nah
kaw-nah
see-tom-beh
mbee-zah, pot
mah-zahm-bahn
teh-lah
steam
wintsh
foon-dee-leh
mfoon-dees
tahn-dah
kaw-nah
bah-seh-lah
nee-kah
nyah-teh-Iah
Nyah-teh-lah!
veem-beh-lah
price
primer pricker
prison (gaol, jail)
promise v.
prop
properly
prop extension piece
protect (shield v.)
public prosecutor
pub v.
Pull!
pulley
pulley block
pulse n.
pump n.
pump v.
Pump!
punch n.
punish
push v.
Push!
put down
Put down!
put in (insert)
Put in! (Insertl)
put on
Put on!
put out (extinguish 2)
Malini
spayik ka lo jelatin
jeyil, stokis
Tembisa
stik, prop
Muble
nyawo ka lo prop
vimbela
mtshutshis
dontsa
Dontsa!
Pulí
smetshblok
tshaya ka lo nhliziyo
Mpompi
pompa
Pompa!
pontsh (tool)
tshaya
tshova
Tshova!
beak
beka!
Faka
Faka!
Faka
Faka!
cima (e.g. candle)
mah-Iee-nee
spike kah law jeh-lah-teen
jail, staw-kees
tem-bee-sah
stick, prop
moo-shleh
nyah-o kah law prop
veem-beh-lah
mtshoot-shees
dawnt-sah
Dawnt-sah!
pulley
smehtsh-blawk
tshy-ah kah law nshlee-zee-o
mpawm-pee
pawm-pah
Pawm-pah!
pawntsh
tshy-ah
tshaw-vah
Tshaw-vah!
beh-kah
beh-kah!
fah-kah
Fah-kahl
fah-kah
Fah-kah!
qee-mah
Put out!
Cima! (e.g. candle)
qualify
quarrel (clash, argue)
question n.
queue n,
queue v. (queue up)
queue up (queue v.)
Queue up!
quickly
Quiet! (be quiet!)
Pasa
Pikisana, xabana
Mbuzo
Dres
Dresa
Dresa
Dresa!
kona manje,
manje-manje,
Tshetsha
Tula!
race n.
rack (shelf)
radiator
radio (wireless)
rag
rail
rail rig
rail spike (dog spike)
rail-spike extractor(dog bar)
rain
raise n.
mhlobo (person)
Rak
mbandisa
Wayales
Lapi
Spor
riga spor
Dokis
salamabij
kam-kam
reyiz tonel
Qee-mah!
Q
pah-sah
pee-kee-sah-nah, xah-bah-nah
mboo-zaw
dress
dreh-sah
dreh-sah
Dreh-sah!
kaw-nah mahn-jeh,
mahn-jeh-mahn-jeh,
tsheh-tshah
Too-Iah!
R
mshlaw-baw
rahk
mbahn-dee-sah
why-ah-les
lah-pee
spawr
ree-gah spawr
daw-kees
sah-lah-mah-bitsh
kahm-kahm
raise taw-nehl
raise v. (tift v.)
rand
ratchet spanner
read
Read!
ready
receive
red
reduce
Reduce!
reducer
reduction works(crushing station)
reef
reflector
refrigeration plant
refuse v.
regulation
remember
remnant
remove
Remove!
repair (correct, fix up, mend 1)
repeat
Repeat!
replace
reply n.(answer)
reply v. (answer v.)
report n.
pakamisa
rant (currency)
Penduka spanel
Funda
Funda!
Lungile
Tola
bornvu·
Juba
Juba!
Ridyus
ngwenyen
Mali
Sketeket
kompresa ka lo makaza
Nqaba
Mteto
Kumbula
stik sayid
Kipa
K·ipa:,
Lungisa
Panda
Pinda!
tshintsha
mpendulo
Pendula
Ripot
pah-kah-mee-sah
rant
pen-doo-kah spah-nehl
foon-dah
Foon-dah!
loong-gee-leh
taw-lah
bawm-voo
joo-bah
Joo-bah!
reduce
ngwen-yen
mah-lee
skeh-teh-keht
kom-preh-sah kah la w mah-kah-zah
nqah-bah
mteh-too
koom-boo-Iah
stick side
kee-pah
Kee-pah!
loong-gee-sah
peen-dah
Peen-dahl
tsheen-tshah
mpen-doo-law
pen-doo-lah
repawt
report v.
Report!
request v.
require
respect
rest v.
Rest!
retain (keep)
return (come back)
reward v.
rib
ribs
riñe (gun)
rig Il.
rig v.
rigger
right l (correct adj.)
right 2
ring n.
Ring the bell!
robot
rock n.
rock burst
rock drill
rocks
roll n.
1Mangala (somebody)
2ripota
Ripota!
buza
Funa
Hlonipa
Pumula
Pumula!
Gcma
buya,fika
batala
Mbambo (part of body)
Mbambo
Sibam
rig (scraper winch)
hopa, fasa
Nga
Lungile
nene (direction)
Rmg
Tshaya lo klok!
stop layit
Litshe
Mdubula
madumelan,
Mtshin
Matshe
Rol
1 mahn-gah-lah
2 repaw-tah
Repaw-tah!
boo-zah
foo-nah
shlaw-nee-pah
poo-moo-lah
Poo-moo-lah!
gcee-nah
boo-yah, fee-kah
bah-tah-lah
mbahm-baw
rnbahm-baw
see-bahm
ng
baw-pah, fah-sah
ree-gah
loong-gee-leh
neh-neh
rmg
Tshy-ah law clock!
stop light
leet-she
mdoo-boo-lah
mah-doo-meh-lahn,
mtsheen
maht-she
rawl
roll v.
Roll!
roller
roll up
Roll up!
roof
roof bolt
room (chamber)
rope n.
rope yarn
rotten
round adj.
rubbish
rugby
ruin v. (wreck v).
rule n. l
rule n. 2 (ruler)
ruler (rule n. 2)
run
Run!
Rung (ladder rung)
rush
Rush!
Rust
rusty
Rola
Rola!
Rol
Rola
Rola!
1ruf
2 taful pezulu (mine)
ruf bawut
Indlu
Ntambo
Ropiyan
boliIe
Rawund
Doti
Rakbi
Mosha
Mteto
Rul
Rul
baleka
baleka!
nyatelo ka lo lad,
stepis ka lo lad
Jaga
Jaga!
Rus
rusile
raw-lah
Raw-lah!
rawl
raw-lah
Raw-lah!
l roof
2 tah-ful peh-zoo-Ioo
roof baut
eend-Ioo
ntahm-baw
rope-yahn
baw-lee-leh
round
daw-tee
rahk-bee
maw-shah
mteh-too
rule
rule
bah-leh-kah
bah-Ieh-kah!
nyah-the-law kah law lahd,
steh-pees kah law lahd
jah-chah (eh as in loch)
Jah-chah! (eh as in loch).
roo-s
roo-see-leh
S
sack n.
safe adj.
safe place m
safety v
safety belt (lifebelt 1)
safety chain
safety device
safety goggles
safety bat(hard hat, helmet)
safety lamp
safety poster
safety rail
safety rope (safety sling, lifeline 1)
safety sling (safety rope, lifeline 1)
salt
sample n.
sand
sand dump n
sandpaper
sanitation
sanitation tank
satisfied
save
Savlon
saka
ayikona limalile,
sindile
uhle ndawo
imbela ngozi v
fokis band
fokis tsheyin
fokis
sefmehlo
makalap
lamp ka lo mbawul
sitombe ka lo ngozi
fokis spor (e.g. inclined shaft)
fokis sling
fokis sling
sawut
sampul
sant
ndundum ka lo sant
sant pepa
sompungan
tenk ka lo sompungan
jabula
1 gcina (e.g. money)
2 sindisa (someone)
Savlon (disinfectant)
sah-kah
eye-kaw-nah lee-mah-lee- leh,
seen-dee-leh
moo-shleh ndah-o
eem-beh-Iah ngaw-zee
faw-kees bahnd
faw-kees chain
faw-kees
sehf-meh-shlaw
mah-kah-lahp
lahmp kah law mbaul
see-tom-beh kah law ngaw-zee
faw-kees spawr
faw-kees sling
faw-kees sling
saut
sahm-pool
sahnt
ndoon-doom kah la w sahnt
sant peh-pah
sawm-poong-gahn
tehnk kah law sawm- poong-gahn
jah-boo-lah
I.gcee-nah
2.seen-dee-sah
sahv-lawn
saw n. and v.
Saw!
say
scale s
scatterpile
school
scissors
scoundrel
scraper (scraper scoop)
scraper blade
scraper path
scraper rope
scraper runner
scraper scoop (scraper)
scraper whistle
scratch n.
screen n. (sieve n.)
screw n.
seam n.
search v.
Search!
seat n.
seat protector
section
secure adj.
secure v,
Secure!
see
saga
Saga!
Kuluma
Kal
skata payil
Skul
Sker
Tsotsi
mahovan
skar ka lo mahovan
layin ka lo mahovan .
ntambo ka lo skwel(at working face)
nyawo ka lo mahovan
mahovan
klok ka lo mahovan
pikinin ngozi (injury)
Sef
Skruf
Mtungo
setsha (a person)
Setsha! (a person)
Stul
Skwehle
Sekshin
qinile (e.g. bolt)
bopa, fasa
bopa !, Fasa!
Huka
sah-cha (ch as in loch)
Sah-cha! (eh as in loch)
coo-loo-mah
skahl
skah-tah pile
school
skehr
tsaw-tsee
mah-haw-vahn
skahr kah law mah-haw-vahn
line kah law mah-haw-vahn
ntahm-haw kah law skwehl
nyah-o kah law mah-haw-vahn
mah-haw-vahn
clock kah law mah-haw-vahn
pee-kee-neen ngaw-zee
sehf
skroof
mtoong-gaw
seht-shah
Seht-shah '
stool
skweh-shleh
section
qee-nee-leh
baw-pah, fah-sah
baw-pah!, Fah-sah!
boo-kah
select (choose, elect)
sell
send
sentence v.
separate v.
Separate!
separator
septic
set n.
settle
settling dam
sew
shackle
shaft
shaft bottom
shaft box
shaft collar (collar)
shaft head
shaft timberman
shake
Shake!
shaker
shall
shall not do
shape v.
sharp
sharpen
Keta
Tengisa
Turna
Gweba
hlukanisa
Hlukanisa!
mhlukanisa
bolile
Set
pelisa, qeda (a matter)
dam ka lo motol
tunga
tshekel
1 asi, tshaf (machinery)
2 tshaf (mine)
pantsi ka lo tshaf
bokis ka lo tshaf
kola ka lo tshaf
skop ka lo tshaf
bas ka lo tshaf
shukumisa
shukumisa!
mtshokotsh
azi
ayikona azi enza
enza
bukali
lola
keh-tah
tehng-gee-sah
too-mah
gweh-bah
shloo-kah-nee-sah
Shloo-kah-nee-sah!
mshloo-kah-nee-sah
baw-lee-leh
set
peh-lee-sah, qeh-dah
dahm kah law maw-tawl
toong-gah
tsheh-kehl
ah-see, tshahf
tshaf
pahnt-see kah law tshahf
baw-kees kah law tshahf
kaw-lah kah law tshahf
skawp kah law tshahf
bahs kah la w tshahf
shoo-koo-mee-sah
shoo-koo-mee-sah!
mtshaw-kawtsh
ah-zee
eye-kaw-nah ah-zee en-zah
en-zah
boo-kah-lee
law-lah
she
shearing machine
sheave wheel
sheep
sheet iron
shelf (rack) n
shield n.
shield v. (protect)
shift n.
shift boss
shine
shirt
shocked by electricity
shoe
shoe-lace (bootlace)
yena
sher mtshin
shif wil
gusha
zink
rak
kaka (trophy) l;
vimbela
tshif
tshíf bas
1kanya (e.g. light)
2 kanyisa (e.g. a /loor)
hemp
bambile ka lo ges
skatula
ntambo ka lo skatula
shop n. 1 (store n. 2)
shop n. 2
short adj.
shoulder
shoulder-blade
shout v.
Shout!
shovel n.
shovel scraper
show v.
shut v. (close v.)
stor, tshap
tshap (e.g. carpenter's)
shotwan (e.g. pipe) s
xalaba
spanga
Memeza
Memeza!
Foshol
skrap foshol
Komba
Vala
yhe-nah
shear mtsheen
sheef wheel
goo-shah
zink
rahk
kah-kah
veem-beh-lah
tsheef
tsheef-bahs
1kahn-yah
2 kahn-yhee-sah
hemp
bahm-bee-Ieh kah law ges
skah-too-lah
ntahm-baw kah law
skah-too-Iah
store, tshahp
tshahp
shot-one
xah-lah-bah
spahng-gah
meh-meh-zah
Meh-meh-zah!
faw-shawl
skrahp faw-shawl
kawrn-bah
vah-lah
Shut! (Close!)
sick (ill)
sick person
side n.
sieve n. (screen n.)
sieve v. (sift)
Sieve! (Sift!)
sift (sieve v.)
Sift! (Sieve!)
sign n.
sign v.
Sign!
signal bell
similar (alike)
sing
Sing!
single-blade switch
sink v.
sinking shaft
sir
sit
sit comfortably
sit down
Sit down! (be seated!)
size
sketch (diagram)
skid sprag
skin n.
Vala!
Gula
Sigulan
Caleni
Sef
Sefa
Sefa!
Sefa
Sefa!
Notis
Sayma
Sayina!
Klok
Fanana
Hlabela
Hlabela!
dongan switsh
imba (e.g. shaft)
nyuwan tshaf
Nkosi
Hlala
hlala kahle
hlala pantsi
Hlala pantsi!
Sayiz
mfanekiso
gundwan sparag
Skumba
Vah-Iah!
goo-lah
see-goo-lahn
qah-leh-nee
sehf
seh-fah
Seh-fah!
seh-fah
Seh-fah!
naw-tees
sie-ee-nah
Sie-ee-nah!
clock
fah-nah-nah
shlah-beh-lah
Shlah-beh-lah!
dawng-gahn switch
eern-bah
new-one tshahf
nkaw-see
shlah-lah
shlah-lah gah-shleh
shlah-Iah pahnt-see
Shlah-Iah pahnt-see!
SIze
mfah-nee-kee-saw
goond-one spah-rahg
skoorn-bah
skip n.
skip compartment
skípman
slack adj.
sleep
sleeper
sleepy
slide v.
Slide!
sliding rails
slimes
sling
slip v.
slow
slowly
Slowly!
small
smell v.
Smell!
smelting house
smile v.
Smile!
smoke n.
smoke v.
skep, skip
ndlela ka lo skip (shaft)
bas ka lo skip,
gayi-gayi
Sleek
Lala
slipis (track)
runa lala
Tshelela
Tshelela!
malalan spor
Motol
Sling
Tshibilika
1 ayikona tshetsha
2 kahle (be careful)
1 ayikona tshetsha
2 kahle (be careful)
1 Ayikona tshetsha!
2 Kahle! (be careful)
Pikinin
Nuka
Nuka!
ha wus ka lo mali
hIeka
Hleka!
smok
bhema (tobacco)
skehp, skip
ndleh-Iah kah law skip
bahs kah law skip, bahs kah law skehp,
gy-gy
sleek
lah-lah
slee-pees
foo-nah lah-lah
tsheh-leh-lah
Tsheh-leh-Iah!
mah-lah-lahn spawr
maw-tawl
sling
tshee-bee-lee-kah
1 eye-kaw-nah tsheh-tshah,
2 gah-shleh
l eye-kaw-nah tsheh-tshah,
2 gah-shleh '
1 Eye-kaw-nah tsheh-tshah!
2 Gah-shIeh!
pee-kee-neen
noo-kah
Noo-kah!
house kah law mah-lee
shleh-kah
ShIeh-kah!
smawk
bheh-mah
snake
snatch block
snuff
soap
soccer (football)
socket
soft
soften
soil (ground)
some
something
somewhere
song
sore n.
sorry
Sorry!
sort v.
Sort!
sorter (picker)
sorting belt
sound n.
Sound the whistle!
(blow the whistle!)
sour porridge
spade
spanner
spare part
spark n.
Nyoka
smetshblok
Gwayi
Sepu
fut bal
madala hol (blasting)
Tambile
Tambisa
Mhlabati
Munye
Into
noko upi ndawo
Ngoma
Silonda
sori, xolela
Sori!
Keta
Keta!
Mketi
mketa band
Msindo
Kalisa lo mpempel,
Tshaya lo mpempe!
Ndengan
Foshol
Spanel
Sper
Mlilo
nyaw-kah
smehtsh-block
gwhy-ee
seh-poo
football
mah-dah-lah hawl
tahm-bee-leh
tahm-bee-sah
mshlah-bah-tee
moon-yeh
een-too
naw-kaw oo-pee ndah-o
ngaw-mah
see-lawn-dah
saw-ry, xaw-leh-lah
Saw-ry!
keh-tah
Keh-tah!
mkeh-tee
mkeh-tah bahnd
mseen-daw
Kah-Iee-sah law mpehm-peh !
Tshy-ah law mpehm-peh!
ndeng-gahn
faw-shawl
spah-nehl
spare
mlee-la w
spark plug
speak
Speak!
spike
spill
spine (backbone)
spirits
spit v.
Spit!
splice v.
Splice!
splint
split
spoil
spoon
spray v.
spring n.
spud
squeak
squeeze
Squeeze!
stab
stage
stamp n.
stand v.
Stand!
stand up (get up)
Stand up! (Get up!)
Plak
Kuluma
Kuluma!
Spayik
Mosha
Mqolo
spirit (e.g. methylated)
Kafula
Kafula!
Tunga
Tunga!
Plank
Dabula
Mosha
Spun
Tela
Spring
Spot
Kala
Kama
Kama!
Hlaba
steyij (shaft)
Stamp
Ima
Ima!
Pakama·
Pakamal
plahk
coo-Ioo-mah
Coo-loo-rnah l
spike
maw-shah
mqaw-law
spee-reet
kah-foo-Iah
Kah-foo-lah!
toong-gah
Toong-gah!
plahnk
dah-boo-lah
maw-shah
spoon
teh-lah
spring
spot
kah-lah
kah-mah
Kah-mah!
shlah-bah
stage
stahmp
ee-mah
Ee-mah!
pah-kah-mah
Pah-kah-mahl
start (commence, begin)
Start! (Commeneel, begìnl)
starter
Start up!
statement
station
stay
Stay!
steal
steam
steel
step n.
step-ladder
stick n.
stick on
Stick on!
Stillson wrench
stir
Stir!
stoker
stolen
stomach (abdomen)
stone
stone wall
stool
stop
Stop!
Qala
Qala!
l sqobolo (jumper)
2 stata (mechanical)
Stata!
Stetmen
Stish
Hlala
Hlala!
ntshontsha
Stirn
Ntsimbi
Stepis
lad,stepis
stik, prop
Faka
Paka!
bobojan spanela
bonda
bonda!
muntu ka lo basa mlilo
ntsbontshiwile
Sisu
Litshe
Stonwol
Stul
imisa
Imisa !
qah-Iah
Qah-Iah!
l sqaw-baw-law
2 stah-tah
Stah-tah!
stetmehn
stish
shlah-lah
Shlah-lah
ntshawnt-tshah
steam
ntseem-bee
steh-pees
lahd, steh-pees
stick, prop
fah-kah
Fah-kah!
baw-baw-jahn spah-neh-lah
bawn-dah
bawn-dah!
moon-to kah law bah-sah mlee-Iaw
ntshawn-tshe-wee-leh
see-soo
leet-she
stawn-wall
stool
ee-mee-sah
Ee-mee-sah!
stop block
stop light
stope n.
stope car(end-tipping car)
stope drive
stope face
stope machine
store n. 2
English F
store n. 2 (shop n. 1)
straight
strand
strap
strength
stretcher
strike v. (hit)
string (rope)
strong
stuck
stull
stumble
stupid
sub-incline cage
submerge
sufficient(adequate, enough)
sugar
sump
sun
stop blok
stop layit
Sayid
Dongan
tonel ka lo sayid
skwel
mtshin ka lo sayid
star
'anakalo }
stor, tshap
streyit
wan-wan (single strand o of steel rope)
band
mandla
stretsha s'
tshaya
ntambo, layin
maningi stim
fasile .
barikeyid (safety device)
kubeka
spukupuk
jeraf
tshona
lungile
shukel
samp
langa
stop block
stop light
side
dong-gahn
taw-nehlkah law side
skwehl
mtsheen kah law side
store
'ronunciation
store, tshahp
straight
one-one
bahnd
mahnd-lah
stret-shah
tshy-ah
ntahm-baw, line
mah-neeng-gee steam
fah-see-Ieh
bah-ree-cade
coo-beh-kah
spoo-koo-pook
giraffe
tshaw-nah
loong-gee-leh
shoo-kehl
sahmp
lahng-gah
supervisor
support n.
sure(certain, definite)
surveyor
survey peg (peg)
suspension roller
swallow v.
Swallow!
swear (curse v.)
sweat v. (perspire)
sweat n. (perspiration)
sweep v.
Swœp!
sweeper
swell v.
swing v.
switch n. 1
switch n. 2 (points)
switch off
Switch off!
switch on
Switch on!
syringe
mpasopi
sapot
nyanis
savey
skonkwan
spring wíl
ginya !
Ginya!
tuka
juluka
tamba
mjuluko
tshanyela
Tshanyela !
matshanyela
dlumba
jinga
switsh (electricity)
switsh pontsh (track)
cima
Cima!
layita (light)
Layita! (light)
sirinj
table
tablet
tarul
pilis
mpah-saw-pee
Sah-pawt
nyah-nees
sah-vey
skawnk-one
spring wheel
Geen-yah
Geen-yah!
too-kah
joo-loo-kah
tahm-bah
mjoo-Ioo-coo
tshahn-yeh-lah
Tshahn-yeh-Iah!
mah-tshahn-yeh-lah
doom-bah
Jeeng-gah
switch
switch-pawntsh
qee-mah
Qee-mah!
Iie-ee-tah
Líe-ee-tah!
syringe
T
tah-ful
pee-lees
tackle n. (block and tackle)
tag
tail
tailings dump
tail rope
tekel
stikitan
msila
ndundum ka lo sant
ntambo ka lo mapanga
teckle
stee-kee-tahn
msee-Iah
ndoon-doom kah law sahnt
ntahm-baw kah law mah-pahng-gah
take
bamba
hambisa. (somewhere)
Hambisa! (somewhere)
bamba
kipa
Kipa!
kipa
Kipa!
nqokola
kuluma
langwan
sleyit ka lo teli
daga (clay)
tenk
tap
teyip
ta
msebenzi
ti
fundisa
tisha,
mfundis
balun-bah
hahm-bee-sah
Hahm-bee-sah!
balun-bah
kee-pah
Kee-pah!
kee-pah
Kee-pah!
nqaw-kaw-lah
coo-Ioo-mah
lahng-one
slate kah.law telly
dah-gah
tehnk
tahp
tape
tar
mseh-behn-zee
tea
foon-dee-sah
tee-sha,
mfoon-dees
Take!
take hold of
take off
Take off!
take out
Take out!
talkn.
talk v.
tall
tally board
tamping
tank
tap n.
tape n.
tar n.
task (job)
tea
teach (ínstruct, train v.)
teacher
team (gang)
team
team leader
tear v.
telephone n.
tell
Tell!
tennis
test v.
Test!
tester
thank
Thank you! (Thanks!)
that
the
theirs
them
there
thermometer
they
they all (all of them)
thick
thief
thigh
thin
thing
geng,
span,
tim
tim (sports)
tim lida
dabula
telefon
tshela
Tshela!
tenes
testa
Testa!
testa
bonga
bonga!
lo
lo
ka yena
yena
lapa
ntsimbi (acclimatization)
yena
yena zonke
makulu
skelem
tanga
pikinin
into
geng,
spahn,
team
team
team lee-dah
dah-boo-lah
tele-fa.wn
tsheh-lah
Tsheh-lah!
tennis
test-tah
Test-tah!
test-tah
bawng-gah
bawng-gah!
law
law
kah yhe-nah
yhe-nah
lah-pah
ntseem-bee
yhe-nah
yhe-na zawn-keh
mah-coo-loo
skeh-lehm
tahng-gah
pee-kee-neen
een-too
think
Think!
thirsty
this
thoughts
thread n.
throttle v. (choke v.)
throw (toss)
Throw! (Tossl)
throwaway
Throwaway!
thumb
thunder
ticket n.
tie v.
Tie!
tight
tilt
timber
time
tin
tip n.
tip v,
Tip!
tippler
tired
tirefond
to (towards)
cabanga
Cabanga!
nxamwe
lo
nqondo
dayis (e.g. bolt)
kama
posa
Posa!
lahla
Lahlal
stupa
duma
tikit (work ticket)
bopa, fasa
bopa!, Fasa!
qinile
tipa
timba
skat
tin
tip
tipa
Tipa!
pendula
katalile
skruf dokis
lapa
qah-bahng-gah
Qah-bahng-gah!
nxah-nee-weh
law
nqawn-daw
dice
kah-mah
paw-sah
Paw-sah!
lah-shlah
Lah-shlah!
stoo-pah
doo-mah
ticket
baw-pah, fah-sah
baw-pah!, Fah-sah!
qee-nee-Ieh
tee-pah
team-bah
skaht
teen
teep
tee-pah
Tee-pah!
pen-doo-lah
kah-tah-lee-leh
skroof daw-kees
lah-pah
tobacco
toe
tomorrow
tongue
tonight
too (also)
tool-bag
tool-box
tools
too much money
too much work
tooth
top of cut
toss (throw)
Toss! (Throw!)
tot measure
towards (to)
towel
town
T-piece
track n.
track gauge
train n.
train v. (teach, instruct)
remove ore
Remove the ore!
tram v.
Tram the ore!
gwayi
zwane
kusasa
limi
namhla-busuku
futi
saka ka lo mpahla
bokis ka lo mpahla
mpahla
maningi mali
maningi msebenzi
zinyo
khotama (coal mining)
posa
Posa!
skaI ka lo tshwala
lapa
tawul
dorop, tawun
Ti pis
spor
geyij ka lo spor(instrument)
lstirnel
fundisa
kipa sitof
Kipa sitof!
kipa sitof
Kipa sitof!
gwhy-ee
zwah-neh
koo-sah-sah
lee-mee '
nahm-shlah boo-soo-koo
foo-tee
sah-kah kah law mpah- shlah
baw-kees kah law mpah-shlah
mpah-shlah
mah-neeng-gee mah-lee
mah-neeng-gee mseh-behn-zee
zeen-yaw ,
kawt-tah-mah
paw-sah
Paw-sah!
skahl kah law tshwah-Iah
lah-pah
Towel
daw-rawp, town
Tea-piece
Spawr
gauge kah law spawr
stee-mehl
foon-dee-sah
kee-pah see-tawf
Kee-pah see-tawf!
kee-pah see-tawf
Kee-pah see-tawf!
transfer v.
travelling way
traverse track
tread v.
Tread!
tree
trench
tribal dance (dance n.)
trick (deceive)
trip v.
trolley
trolley wire
trouble n.
trousers
truck (tub, car 1)
true
trust n. (confidence)
truth
try (attempt v.)
Try!
tub (truck, car 1)
tube
tube mill
tunnel
turn v.
tshintsha
ndlela
switsh pontsh
nyatela
Nyatela!
muti,
sehlahla
msel
mtshongol
kohlisa,
swaya
kubeka
skotshkar
ten way a
nkatazo,
nyaka-nyaka
bluk
ngolovan
nyams
temba
nyaruso
trayisha
Trayisha!
ngolovan
tshub (wheel)
mpenduka
tonel
jika (e.g. round a corner)
Tsheen-tshah
ndleh-lah
switch-pawntsh
nyah-teh-lah
Nyah-teh-lah l
moo-tee
see-shlah-shlah
Msehl
mtshawng-gawl
kaw-shlee-sah,
swy-ah
coo-beh-kah
scotch-car
ten why-ah
nkah-tah-zaw,
nyah-kah-nyah-kah
blook
ngaw-Iaw-vahn
nyah-nees
tehm-bah
nyah-nee-saw
try-ee-shah
Try-ee-shah !
ngaw-law-vahn
Tube
mpen-doo-kah
taw-nehl
jee-kah
Tum!
turn back (go back)
Turn back! (Go backl)
turn over (capsize)
Turn over!
turn-table
two
type n.
Jika! (e.g. round a corner)
penduka
Penduka!
pendula
Pendula!
penduka pontsh,
drayi pontsh (railway)
mabili (e.g. you two)
mhlobo
Jee-kah!
pen-doo-kah
Pen-doo-kahl
pen-doo-lah
Pen-doo-lah!
pen-doo-kah pawntsh,
dry pawntsh
mah-bee-lee
Mshlaw-baw
U
ugly
unafraid
uncle
unconscious (faint)
under (below, beneath, underneath)
underground
underneath (below, beneath, under)
understand
undo (unñe)
unhurt
union
unload
Unload!
untie (undo)
Untie!
up (upwards)
mubi
ayikona saba
malurne
aziko nqondo
pantsi
mgodin (mine)
pantsi
qonda
lusa
ayikona limalile
sindile
yunyon
kipa
Kipa!
lusa
Lusa!
pezulu
moo-bee
eye-kaw-nah sah-bah
mah-Ioo-meh
ah-zee-koo nqawn-daw
pahnt-see
mgaw-deen
pahnt-see
qawn-dah
loo-sah
eye-kaw-nah lee-mah- lee-Ieh
seen-dee-leh
yun-yon
kee-pah
Kee-pah!
loo-sah
Loo-sah!
peh-zoo-loo
upon (above, on, on top of)
upwards (up)
urinate
Urinate!
us
use v.
Ussher clamp
pezulu
pezulu
cama
Cama!
tina
sebenzisa
asha klam
valve
vat
vein
veld
ventilation
ventilation gasket
ventilation door(air door)
valv
faji
mtambo
hlatin
ventileyishin
gaskit ka lo ventileyishin
sivalo ka lo moya,
sivalo ka lo ventileyishin
tshaf ka lo moya,
tshaf ka lo ventileyishin
seyil ka lo moya,
seyil ka lo ventileyishin
maningí tshik
viktoriya klam
vakasha
lizwi
skomder
hlanza
peh-zoo-Ioo
peh-zoo-loo
qah-mah
Qah-mah!
tee-nah
seh-behn-zee-sah
ah-shah klahm
V
ventilation shaft
ventubing (canvas tubing)
very insolent
Victaulic clamp
visit v.
voice
volunteer n.
vomit v.
Vahlv
fah-jee
Mtahm-ba w
shlah-teen
ventilation
gahs-keet kah law ventilation
see-vah-law kah law moy-ah,
see-yah-law kah law ventilation
tshahf kah law moy-ah,
tshahf kah law ventilation
sail kah la w moy-ah,
sail kah la w ventilation
mah-neeng-gee cheek
Victoria klahm
vah-kah-shah
leez-we
Skawm-dehr
shlahn-zah
W
wage
wage rate
wagon
wait
waiting place
wake
Wake!
wake up (awake v.)
Wake up!
walk
Walk!
wall
want
warm adj. (hot)
warmth (heat)
warn
was
wash
Wash!
washer
waste v.
waste rock
watch n.
watchman
water n.
mali
mali
nqwelo
linda
weyitin pleyis
vusa (someone!)
Vusa! (someone)
vuka
Vuka!
hamba
Hamba!
donga, wol
funa
tshisa
tshisa
pasopisa,
yala
kona
washa
Washa!
washis
mosha
mampara
watsh
mtshingilan,
fokis
manzi
mah-Iee
mah-Iee
nqweh-Iaw
leen-dah
Waiting place
voo-sah
Voo-sah!
voo-kah
Voo-kah!
hahm-bah
Hahm-bah!
Dawng-gah, wall
foo-nah
Cbeesa
Cheesa
pahs-aw-pee-sah,
yah-lah
kaw-nah
wash-ab
Wash-ah!
wash-is
maw-shah
mahm-pah-rah
Watch
mtsheeng-gee-lahn,
faw-kees
mahn-zee
water blast
we
weak
wear v.
wedge n.
week
weep (cry)
welding rod
welfare
well adj. (healthy)
were
wet adj.
wet v.
Wet!
what
Wheel
Wheelbarrow
when
Where
where to
whether (or)
Which
Whisky
whistle n.
White
White
wota blas
tina
aziko stirn,
butisa
gqoka (clothes)
we]
wik
kala
welda waya
welfe
pila kahle
kona
tambile
tambisa
Tambisa!
1nl
wil
wil bar
skat
upiskat (question)
UpI
UpI
noko
ubani
wiski
mpempe
mhlope (colour)
Mlungu (person)
water blast
tee-nah
ah-zee-koo steam,
boo-tee-sah
gqaw-kah
Wedge
Week
kah-Iah
wel-dah why-ah
Welfare
pee-Iah gah-shleh
kaw-nah
tahm-bee-leh
tahm-bee-sah
Tabm-bee-sah !
ee-nee
Wheel
wheel bahr
1 skaht
2 oo-pee skaht
oo-pee
oo-pee
naw-kaw
oo-bah-nee
Whisky
Mpehm-peh
Mshlaw-peh
Mloong-goo
white metal
Who
Whose
Why
Wife
Will
will not do
Winch
wind n.
Window
Wine
Wing
Winze
Wipe
Wipe!
wire n.
wire brush
wireless (radio)
wire netting
wire scraper
Wisdom
Wise
With
witness v.
Witwatersrand
Woman
wood (forest)
Word
mtofu
ubani
kabani
ini ndaba
mfazi
azi
ayikona azi enza
wintsh
moya
festel
wayin
piko
wintsh tonel
sula
Sula!
waya
brash ka lo waya
wayales
sef drat
skrap waya
hlakanipa
hlakanipile
na
fakaz
Goli
mfazi
hlati
gama
mtaw-foo
oo-bah-nee
kah-bah-nee
ee-nee ndah-bah
mfah-zee
ah-zee
eye-kaw-nah ah-zee en-zah
Wintsh
moy-ah
fehs-tehl
Wine
pee-kaw
wintsh taw-nehl
soo-lah
Soo-lah!
why-ah
brahsh kah law why-ah
why-ah-les
sehf draht
Skrahp why-ah
shlah-kah-nee-pah
shlah-kah-nee-pee-leh
Nah
fah-kahz
Gaw-Iee
mfah-zee
shlah-tee
gah-mah
work n.
work v.
Work!
workers (workmen)
working face
working place
workings
workmen (workers)
workshop
worry v. (annoy)
wound n.
wreck v. (ruin v.)
wrist
wristlet number(number, armlet)
write
Write!
msebenzi
sebenza
Sebenza!
basebenzi
skwel
ndawo ka lo msebenzi
ndawo ka lo msebenzi
basebenzi
tshap
kataza, kwatisa
nxeba
mosha
sehlahla
namba, nombor
bhala
bhala!
yes
yesterday
you
you all (all of you)
young
youngster (boy)
yours
yourself
ya
izolo
wena
wena zonke
mfan
mfan
ka wena
wena
mseh-behn-zee
seh-behn-zah
Seh-behn-zah!
bah-seh-behn-zee
Skwehl
ndah-o kah law mseh- behn-zee
ndah-o kah law mseh-behn-zee
bah-seh-behn-zee
tshahp
kah-tah-zah, kwah-tee-sah
nxeh-bah
maw-shah
see-shlah-shlah
nahm-bah nawm-bawr,
bah-lah
bah-lah!
Y
yah
ee-zaw-law
wheh-nah
wheh-nah zawn-keh
Mfahn
Mfahn
ka wheh-nah
wheh-nah
Z
zinc dust
poyizm
poi-zeen