The following data is from Dr Monaka of the University of Botswana [Department of English] with minor additions from me.
| SHENGOLOGA | SETSWANA | ENGLISH |
| rhingone | ditlopi/motlopi | motlopi berries |
| sesenyana | sesane/tshesane | thin |
| hombe | gompieno | today |
| kuma | sitwa | feel cold |
| he hogo | re gona/e | we are there |
| morhiso | maši | milk |
| mho | kgomo | cow |
| thodje | mmutla | hare |
| mhagka | thipa/thipana | knife |
| kwane | peba/nthufe | wild rat |
| kankape | serurubele | butterfly |
| autate | ntate-/rre-mogolo | grandfather |
| thagu | leoto/lekoto | leg |
| lenghurhi | morubisi | owl |
| lotshotsho | loleme | tongue |
| khakha | khudu | turtle |
| bogkotje | lodi | cord from tree |
| lezhogkololo | sebokolodi | millipede |
| kobe | nkoko/mmemogolo | grandmother |
| tantape | mokgantsitswe mokgantitswane | lizard |
| leshwaha | legwafa | armpit |
| mothana | mokwatla | back (noun) |
| motchwana | ngwana | child |
| ncu | nnye | small |
| nnyane | nonyane | bird |
| powa | kgotloko/poo | bull |
| tchamo | molala/thamo | neck |
3 comments:
lentse lelekae....my tswana is terrible. Im from joburg,but im living in Japan for now.
I would like to find out more about my culture and its dances. I am a dancer and will in future be going home to learn about my traditional dances in full. And the lnguage cause i never learnt it...just spoke it. The font u used for the blog is a bit small I couldnt read it o.k. Where are u based? koBotswana? Botswana kokae?would love to get more info....Bonolo
hi thaps. you r doing a great job.i just want 2 make a correction fro sengologa-sebokolodi, re se bitsa 'lejogkololo'. otherwise great stuff.
Ao prof, a ware ditlopi go tewa motlopi berries. Where I come from that's a VERY vulgar word that I wouldn't be caught dead thinking about, it even gives me goosebumps!
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