Geographical features in Luchazi

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:
  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. Cisandzi = swamp.
  13. Zindinda = deserts.
  14. Ndonga = river.
  15. Mikonga = streams or canals.
  16. Miava = fords; a shallow place in a river or stream that can be crossed by foot or vehicle.
  17. Ndundzi = fountain.
  18. Zindundzi (plural) = fountains.
  19. Livueluvuelu = spring.
  20. Mema a kalunga = sea.
  21. Zinkundu = Islands.
  22. Nkundu (singular) = Island.
  23. Cisali = pool or lake.
  24. Ndzindza = boundary mark.
  25. Nkunjo = watercourse.
Other important words are:
  1. Livu = soil.
  2. Vuntsengelenienie = gravel stones.
  3. Mbunda = reddish-brown lateritic soil.
  4. Vindzavitita via mema = pools of water.
  5. Vutope = mire or a boggy ground or marshy area.
  6. Mpumputa = Dust.
  7. Museke = Sand.
  8. Livombo = mire; wet spony mud.
To be continued... Feel free to contribute and make corrections in the comment box. Thank you.

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