Vocabulary
- -ciga : think (cf. Xhosa -cinga); also -nakana (cf. Sotho -nahana)
- i-dlu : house (pl: ti-dlu)
- i-jha : dog (pl: ti-jha)
- tejhe : just (cf. Xhosa nje)
- ka-nci : little (cf. Xhosa ka-ncinci)
- -mabha : carry
- mu-ti : homestead (pl: mi-ti)
- si-Goni : Xhosa (language/culture) (cf. "Nguni")
- si-Kguwa : English (language/culture)
- si-Phûthî : Phuthi (language/culture)
- -tfwatsha : carry on the head
- -tjha : new
- -tshadza : love (cf. Xhosa -thanda)
- -visisa : understand (cf. Zulu -visisa)
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