Geographical features in Luchazi

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Geographical features vocabulary in Luchazi

Geographical features are the physical features of the earth including man-made features. Here is a list of geographical features in Lucazi and their meanings in English:

Land geographic features in Luchazi 

  1. Mavu = Earth or land.
  2. Muncinda = mountain.
  3. Mincinda (plural) = mountains.
  4. Lilundu = hill.
  5. Malundu (plural) = hills.
  6. Milundu ya ha ntalela = hilltops.
  7. Cimbongo = Valley.
  8. Nkangala = vale or valley.
  9. Livue = stone or rock.
  10. Mavue = stones or rocks.
  11. Cana = plain.
  12. Zinkundu = Islands.
  13. Nkundu (singular) = Island.
  14. Zindinda = deserts.
  15. Ndzindza = boundary mark.

Water geographic features in Luchazi

  1. Ndonga = river.
  2. Mikonga = streams or canals.
  3. Kapila = smaller stream; creek; little river.
  4. Tupila (plural) = smaller streams or tributaries; creeks; little rivers.
  5. Miava = fords; a shallow place in a river or stream that can be crossed by foot or vehicle.
  6. Ndundzi = fountain.
  7. Zindundzi (plural) = fountains.
  8. Livueluvuelu = spring.
  9. Vipupa via mema = waterfalls.
  10. Vindzavitita via mema = pools of water.
  11. Mema a kalunga = sea.
  12. Cisali = pool or lake.
  13. Nkunjo = watercourse.
  14. Cisandzi = swamp.
  15. Vutope = mire or a boggy ground or marshy area.
  16. Livombo = mire; wet spongy mud.
Other important words are:
  1. Livu = soil.
  2. Vuntsengelenienie = gravel stones.
  3. Mbunda = reddish-brown lateritic soil.
  4. Mpumputa = Dust.
  5. Museke = Sand.
To be continued... Feel free to contribute and make corrections in the comment box. Thank you.
A blogger and creative thinker from the Nama clan of the Luchazi people; born from his mother with the lightning bolt. Went to school of life with the alligator and learnt the lessons of the crocodile. He is passionate about his culture and takes every chance to document traditions, customs, culture of the Luchazi people. His great grandfather, Muyemba, from the Nama clan came in with thunder and got out with thunder. And his great grandmother, Mpulu, from the Chungu clan was conceived in the clouds with thunder.

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