Tlhogo
Head
Usage
Point to the head and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Head. Well attested in the Bible and on tn.wikipedia rather than as a Matumo headword. "My head hurts" is Ke opiwa ke tlhogo.
Moriri
Hair
Usage
Point to the hair and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Head hair. Matumo lists it as a class 3 (mo-) noun with the plural meriri.
Sefatlhego
Face
Usage
Point to the face and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Face. A class 7 (se-) noun, found 112 times on tn.wikipedia; no Matumo headword was confirmed.
Leitlho
Eye
Usage
For one eye or an eye problem; for both eyes say matlho.
Grammar Note
One eye. The plural is matlho, which Matumo also lists with the sense "shameless people". The English-Setswana side gives leitlho.
Tsebe
Ear
Usage
Point to the ear and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Ear. Matumo lists it as a class 9 noun with the plural ditsebe; it also means "telephone".
Nko
Nose
Usage
Point to the nose and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Nose. No Matumo headword was confirmed; it appears in a tn.wikipedia image caption (a puppy's nose) and in a proverb.
Molomo
Mouth
Usage
Point to the mouth and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Mouth. Matumo lists it as a class 3 (mo-) noun with the plural melomo.
Leino
Tooth
Usage
Point to the tooth and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Tooth. The English-Setswana side of Matumo gives the plural meno; tn.wikipedia has leino la kwa pele "front tooth".
Leleme
Tongue
Usage
Point to the tongue and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Tongue. Matumo lists it as a class 5 noun with the plural maleme.
Molala
Neck
Usage
Point to the neck and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Neck. Matumo glosses molala as "cervical vertebra" and uses it for "thick neck" on the English side; thamo also exists but is rare.
Mometso
Throat
Usage
Point to the throat and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Throat. Matumo lists it as a class 3 (mo-) noun with the plural memetso.
Legetla
Shoulder
Usage
Point to the shoulder and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Shoulder. Matumo lists it as a class 5 noun with the plural magetla; the English side also gives the variant lehetla.
Letsogo
Hand / arm
Usage
Point to the hand / arm and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Covers both hand and arm (the English side of Matumo gives it for "arm"). Left and right are letsogo la molema and letsogo la moja.
Monwana
Finger
Usage
Point to the finger and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Finger. Matumo lists it as a class 3 noun with the plural menwana; 330 hits on tn.wikipedia.
Lenala
Nail
Usage
Point to the nail and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Nail. Matumo lists it as a class 5 noun with the plural manala.
Mpa
Stomach / belly
Usage
Point to the stomach / belly and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Belly or stomach. Matumo lists it as a class 9 noun with the plural dimpa. "My stomach hurts" is Ke opiwa ke mpa.
Mokwatla
Back
Usage
Point to the back and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Back. The English side of Matumo gives it for "back"; 105 hits on tn.wikipedia.
Letheka
Waist
Usage
Point to the waist and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Waist. A Matumo headword glossed "loin; waist". The same word appears in mogala wa letheka "mobile phone", whose sense is not confirmed in the dictionary.
Lengole
Knee
Usage
Point to the knee and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Knee. The English side of Matumo gives it for "knee"; tn.wikipedia has kgobalo ya lengole "knee injury".
Leoto
Leg / foot
Usage
Point to the leg / foot and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Leg or foot. Matumo lists it as a class 5 noun with the plural maoto; it covers both the leg and the foot.
Lenao
Foot
Usage
Point to the foot and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Foot, also footprint. tn.wikipedia has lenao la ga Matsieng "Matsieng's footprint"; leoto also covers the whole foot.
Letlalo
Skin
Usage
Point to the skin and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Skin. 282 hits on tn.wikipedia; the plural matlalo also means hides.
Madi
Blood
Usage
Point to the blood and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Blood. The same word madi also means "money", so context decides. A Matumo entry.
Lesapo
Bone
Usage
Point to the bone and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Bone. The English side of Matumo gives it for "bone"; few tn.wikipedia examples (plural marapo).
Pelo
Heart
Usage
Point to the heart and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Heart, also the seat of feelings. Found 81 times in the Bible; it can mean the organ or the inner self.
Mala
Intestines
Usage
Point to the intestines and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Intestines. Matumo lists it as a class 6 noun (plural of lela and bola) glossed "bowels".
Lekgwafo
Lung
Usage
Point to the lung and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Lung. Matumo lists it as a class 5 noun with the plural makgwafo and the variant letshwafo; tn.wikipedia uses lekgwafo.
Sebete
Liver
Usage
Point to the liver and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Liver. Matumo lists it as a class 7 (se-) noun with the plural dibete.
Boboko
Brain
Usage
Point to the brain and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Brain. The English side of Matumo gives it for "brain"; tn.wikipedia has a sentence about speech being located in the brain (mo bobokong).
Mmele
Body
Usage
Point to the body and name it when describing pain or symptoms.
Grammar Note
Body. Matumo lists it as a class 3 noun with the plural mebele; 101 hits in the Bible.
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