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Family vocabulary in Luchazi

Family vocabulary in Luchazi These are words used to talk about different members of a family. It is important to learn words defining relationship correctly from the very beginning as they are so common in everyday speech. Here are the Lucazi words and their meanings in English: General family terms and phrases in Luchazi Cisemua = family; birth; ancestry. Visemua (plural) = families; births; ancestries. Cikota = family; lineage. Vikota (plural) = families; lineages. Cikota ca muyati = family of the lineage or clan. Cisemua ca mazimo = genealogy. Muyati = stem family or lineage or clan; tribes. Miyati (plural) = lineages or clans; tribes. Visemua ca mazimo (plural) = genealogies. Vusoko = family relationship; kinship. Kavusoko = relative; A relative is a person related to another by blood, marriage or by common origin. Kavusoko kange = my relative. Vavusoko zietu - our relatives. Yaya = elder brother or sister. Ntsongo = younger brother or sister. Ndumbu = sister. Vakuetu = compatriot...