Hadza Dictionary — TZ

tooth (fem. = molar, fem. pl. = adult teeth, masc. pl. = baby teeth)

skin (fem. = thick or piece of skin)

a name (grammatically plural, semantically singular or plural)

a man's genitals

a woman's genitals

not

eye

a female

what kind?, which?

who?

what?

leg, including the foot

heart (the organ)

to lie down, to sleep

many, a lot

his/her/their mother or aunt

blood (fsg. a month's menstral flow, fpl. coagulated blood, mpl. blood vessels of the…

blood

rain, river

water

spring (water), wellspring

leaf

skin

lower lip. (plur.) lips

mouth

upper lip

he; it (masculine)

thumb, big toe, or its nail or claw

they (fem. or mixed gender)

there (where we are talking about)

elephant

elephant

they (masc.)

to carry kills under one's belt

wildebeest, gnu

she, it (fem.)

four

come! (imperative only: botchoo! botchôte! botchôsi!)

five

fish (fem. if stout)

louse, lice

fish (fem. if stout)

to be full

baobab seeds

to be happy

to see, to know

neck (masc. long, like a flamingo, giraffe)

to see, to know

firefly

neck (masc. long, like a flamingo, giraffe)

to sit, to stay, to live in a place, to be left

to cradle

a head (masc. for a big head)

to talk

male zebra

zebra

the Hadza epeme dance ceremony, held on nights with no moon

you (y'all)

to walk, go, leave

to listen

to drink

dikdik

knee

these (fem. or mixed gender)

these (masc.)

hair (in singular, a hair, or a whole lot of hair ('big hair'))

ear (masc. if long, fem. if round)

to go

this, this one (fem.)

this, this one

here

a stone (f), a rock (m)

feather (masc. pl. 'fletching')

a human being

people, human beings

in the manner of humans

leaf. masc. if long, fem. if broad. fem. also bark, sheet of paper (leaf of a book)

to say, to tell

integument (bark, fruit skin, eggshell, fish scale) (masc. for large piece)

that, that one (over/in there, invisible)

those (over/in there, invisible) (fem. or mixed gender)

in/behind there (not visible)

those (over/in there, invisible) (masc.)

that, that one (over/in there, invisible)

to say, to state

fat (fem = a lot of fat, fem. pl = prepared fat)

lung

chest

to swell

ash pile (fem. ash from a large fire)

ash from a large fire

ash pile from a particular fire, as at home

to lift something heavy

to stand up, get up, wake up

to swell up. alternative name for khenangu 'ostrich'

to stop, stand, be standing

nose (fem. for a big nose)

milk

breast (of man or woman), udder

sunlight

the sun, wife of the moon

one

you (y'all)

one

rock hyrax

to be slow

to climb

to jump, to spring up (not 'to fly')

ostrich

ostrich

eland

to be two

warthog

to give

horn

pot

a piece of meat

body

meat

bone

bone (fem. large bones, e.g. of giraffe)

to smack one's lips

to be burned

those (fem. or mixed gender)

those (masc.)

buffalo

that, that one

that, that one

there

to crowd together, to be crowded

tongue

baboon

trachea

heart (organ and center of thought/feelings)

leopard

star (masc. is a bright star)

good, nice, beautiful

cold (as wind, water)

to hear

green

baobab

fish

louse

we

cordia berry

tasty

we (we all, inclusive)

we

i

I

very, a lot

big

white

to rush, hurry (to go quickly)

to rush, hurry (to go quickly)

get hot

impala

wind

two

two

impala

spleen

to fly, to fly off (not 'to jump')

to die together / in large numbers, to kill large numbers, to fight together in large…

to kill small animals (mice, snakes, etc.)

to be hot

kidney

to curl up in a ball

to trip

a horn, barb (mpl vowel may rise to ruubii. fem. = a short/stout horn)

a gambling game played by the Hadza people

to rain

star (masc. is a bright star)

three

to eat

to eat

lion

moon (husband of ishoko the sun), moonlight, month

to peer over

to stand up

a fork (anything with a forked shape)

man (male human)

rope, belt, strap

to aim

to die

leopard

to look

to carry (on the shoulder or in the hand)

red

to know, to understand

how many?

who?, what?

long, tall, steep

why?

how much? what kind?

how?

who?, what?

you (thou)

thou

you (thou)

where?

which?

where?

when?

black

dog

bird (all but the ostrich)

darkness

rhinoceros

tree hyrax

to burn, to roast

greater kudu

tree

we

there isn't, there aren't

finger (pl. also 'hand')

arm, generally including the hand (but see ukhwa)

we (we all, inclusive, male)

person

egg

all (used with a possessive suffix)

all (collective meaning, used with a possessive suffix)

all (individuated sense, used with a possessive suffix)

hippopotamus

root (masc. = a thin root, fem. = a tuber)

small intestines

stomach (organ)

dog

to stand still

to stand, to arrive

to kill

to close (one's eyes), to sleep

to dry (intransitive)

liver

to wash

to bathe, to wash

hill (masc. is a harder or longer climb)

matter, concern

dirt

land, country

path (masc. is a wide path / road)

to come

new

to know

tail (masc. is a short tail)

digging stick

sand, gravel

bird

good, fine

darkness

to become dark/night

a day

smoke. plural (also zziggubii) is plural of place

tree (masc. is tall, fem. spreading)

fire (fem. brush fire, mpl. firewood)

giraffe

firewood

cold

wind; breeze

dog