Luchazi Language

Other related words or phrases: 1. Visoni = straw. 2. Muila = grass. 3. Mingonga = thorns. 4. Zimbimbo = long thorns. 5. Vuilo = manure or fertilizer. 6. Sambeya = put more firewood on the fire. 7. Tsimika = burn. 8. Suameka = to light or ignite. 9. Muto = Ashes. 10. Tombeka = to plant a stem cuttings. 11. Kuna = plant. 12. Livu = soil. 13. Mavue = stones. 14. Hinda = Dig. 15. Mbuto = seeds. 16. Mikandi = seeds in a fruit. 17. Ciputa = shrub. 18. Tiava = cut logs or wood. 19. Timba = chop or strike with an axe. 20. Njimbu = axe. 21. Litemo = hoe. 22. Muhini = handle of an axe or hoe. 23. Cikundo = handle of a spear or knife. 24. Teta = cut. 25. Tavula = tear or rip or split. 26. Pula = intersect or divide into parts with a sharp object. 27. Pokola = break or fracture of a hard object. 28. Pazula = break into pieces. 29. Vatula = snap into two. 30. Tepesa = divide or set apart. 31. Peselesa = weigh. 32. Cipeseleso = scale. 33. Ngangula = blacksmith. 32. Cikungo = meta

WORDS EXPRESSING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. The Luchazi language is very rich in pronouns. Here are some of the common words and phrases that are widely used by people who use Luchazi as a means of communication. 1. Yaliange or Yala yange - My husband. 2. Yaliove or Yala yove - Your husband. 3. Yalieni or Yala yeni - Her husband. 4. Yalietu or Yala uetu - our husband. 5. Mpueiange or Mpuevo yange - My wife. 6. Mpueieni or Mpuevo ueni - His wife. 7. Mpueliove or Mpuevo yove - Your wife. 8. Mpueietu or Mpuevo uetu - Our wife. 9. Vampuezietu or Vampuevo zietu - Our wives. 10. Muanange - My child. 11. Muanove - Your child. 12. Muaneni - His or her child. 13. Muanenu - Your child. 14. Muanavo - their child. 15. Muanetu or Muana uetu - Our child. 16. Muana katumba - stepchild. 16. Vusoko - Relation/relative. 17. Vavusoko - Relatives. 18. Vavusoko zietu - Our relatives. Other important words that express affection, aversion and

Notes on Nouns Anuran, mollusk and reptiles may be said to belong to Class 1 (Mu- Va) and Class 6 (Ci- Vi); about hundred words referring to animals have been formed into a subclass of Class 1. Examples: Ngandu (Sl.), Vangandu ( Pl.) ; Muntsulungenda ( Sl. ), Mintsulungenda ( Pl. ); Mbati ( Sl. ), Vambati ( Pl. ); Cimbuankangala ( Sl. ), Vimbuankangala ( Pl. ) etc. Note: The Luchazi have two different names for monitor lizards: Ntatu (for water monitor lizard) and Cimbuankangala (for 'bush' monitor lizard).