Names of animals in Luchazi

Animal vocabulary in Luchazi

Animal vocabulary refers to the set of words and terms related to animals, and their classifications in luchazi language. This vocabulary include:

General Animal terms and phrases 

  1. Kasitu = animal.
  2. Tusitu (plural) = animals.
  3. Kasitu ua ku musenge = wild animal.
  4. Tusitu va ku musenge (plural) = wild animals.
  5. Kasitu ua ku kalunga = sea animal or creature.
  6. Tusitu va ku kalunga (plural) = sea animals or creatures.
  7. Cimuna = domestic animal.
  8. Vimuna (plural) = domestic animals.
  9. Kazila = bird.
  10. Tuzila (plural) = birds.
  11. Kazila ua ku musenge = wild bird.
  12. Tuzila va ku musenge (plural) = wild birds.
  13. Tusitu va ku nina = fatlings; fattened animals.
  14. Cituto = paw.
  15. Vituto = paws.
  16. Zonona = to paw the ground.
  17. Ntende = hoof.
  18. Zintsende = hooves.
  19. Vipondo = hoofs.
  20. Mucila = tail.
  21. Zimbinga = horns.
  22. Muhompo = snout.
  23. Fuembuka = snorting.
  24. Humbikiya = smell lustfully.
  25. Cilambu = animal skin.
  26. Luhavo = female animal.
  27. Nkomba = male animal.
  28. Mukomba = trunk or elephant's trunk.
  29. Mazo a njamba = ivory.
  30. Vundzanga = mane.
  31. Vundzanga vua ndumba = lion's mane.
  32. Vundzanga vua ku ngangama = flowing mane.
  33. Livava = wing.
  34. Mavava (plural)= wings.
  35. Vutikiya mu mavava = cover or gather under the wings.
  36. Lingona = feather.
  37. Mangona (plural) = feathers.
  38. Volula = howling; snarling.
  39. Ku-ohia = roar.

Names of domestic animals in Luchazi

Here are names of domestic animals in Lucazi language and their meaning in English.

  1. Katali = dog.
  2. Kangatua = cat.
  3. Kavalu = horse.
  4. Cimulu = donkey.
  5. Kamelu = camel.
Names of domestic animals in Luchazi language

Luchazi proverb: Katali ke ku vuozela via zau; cindele ka kele na nkulundundu (A dog does not bark at something of yesterday; 'a well-mannered and cultured person' doesn't carry a grudge).

Vulanguluisi: Ngue katali ke ku vuozela viuma via mu sangumuine zau, mukemo naua cindele ka kele na nkulundundu ku vize via lingiuile laza. Uze ua kala na nkulundundu ue ku niunga vizindo cipue a linienga ntunda ya kama.

Ku Hetesa: Kati u kale na nkulundundu, suva vize vi na hiti. Kati u niunge vizindo.

Names of rodents in Luchazi language

Rodents are a group of mammals known for their gnawing teeth. Here are names of some rodents in Lucazi and their meaning in English. Here are names of some rodents in Lucazi and their meaning in English.

  1. Rat = ntumbi.
  2. Cisekele = pouch rat.
  3. Nkolo = golden mole rat.
  4. Kambamba = mole rat.
  5. Kapokoto = small black rat.
  6. Ntumbi limbo = house mouse.
  7. Kandondo = mouse.
  8. Kalolo = shrew rat species.
  9. Litolo = elephant shrew.
  10. Ngele = grey squirrel.
  11. Ciningi = porcupine.
  12. Nkili = rat species.
List to be continued...
Names of rodents in Lucazi language

Names of reptiles in Luchazi language

  1. Linoka = snake.
  2. Ngandu = crocodile.
  3. Ntatu = water monitor lizard.
  4. Cimbuankangala = bush monitor lizard.
  5. Ntsambakatomba = common lizard.
  6. Muntsulungenda = skink lizard.
  7. Citombue = savannah lizard.
  8. Liku = blue head lizard.
  9. Congono = chameleon.
  10. Mbati = tortoise.
  11. Mboma = python.
To be continued...
Names of reptiles in Luchazi language

Luchazi proverb: Cinene ca ngandu ku mema (The greatness of the crocodile is in the water).

Vulanguluisi: Ngandu ua neneha ndzili mu mema vunoni ha ntunda ka kele na vusonde vua kama ngue mu mema.

Ku Hetesa: Muntu ua kala na vundambo vueni cipue vuana vueni kaha ku kekuo ua kala na ngolo mu ku hiana. Vunoni vantu vose va kala naua haze ha va na zela omo lia vuana vuavo.

Frog, molluscs and other animals in Luchazi language

  1. Cindzunda = frog.
  2. Mbuluue = tadpole.
  3. Cikole = snail.
  4. Nkala = crab.
To be continued...

Frogs and molluscs in Luchazi language

Luchazi proverb: Nkala ua pangele meso, ivene a lisile viti; ku hana viose, ove vavene u ku sala mavokovoko (The crab made eyes for others and left only sticks for himself; in giving away all, you yourself will remain empty handed).

Vulanguluisi: Cisimo ca vakuluntu ci longesa ngecize nkala ikeye ua manesele viose via cili mu ku panga meso a tusitu vakuavo kaha mukemo ikeye ua salele lika na viti linga a pange meso eni.

Ku Hetesa: Mu ku hana, sila vimosi via ku likuasa navio ngoco u ka lunguke.

Names of wild animals in Luchazi

 Here are names of some notable African wild animals in Lucazi language and their meaning in English.

  1. Ingue = leopard.
  2. Lilangalankondo = cheetah.
  3. Ndumba = lion.
  4. Njamba = elephant.
  5. Cimanda = rhinoceros or rhino.
  6. Nguvu = hippopotamus or hippo.
Names of wild animals in Lucazi language

Other wild animals include:

  1. Kakuhu = giraffe.
  2. Ngolo = zebra.
  3. Mpakasa = cape buffalo.
  4. Mbambi = duiker.
  5. Mpulu = wildebeest.
  6. Ntiengu = roan antelope.
  7. Ntsonge = lechwe.
  8. Mukambi = grey bush buck.
  9. Cihengi = warthog.

Names of game in Lucazi language

Luchazi proverb: Kua katukila ntiengu, na muila kue ku u lila (The roan antelope has gotten up to go somewhere, that is where it eats grass).

Vulanguluisi: Omo ntiengu a katuka na katukila kumosi kua na talekesa cipue nguetu kuze kua li na kuya. Cuma ca kama ci a katukila ntiengu cikeco muilu ua cili.

Ku Hetesa: Omo muntu a katuka vungendzi kua kala vimosi via nendela.

Other wild animals include:

  1. Munguli = hyena.
  2. Mbandze = jackal.
  3. Niamahundu = baboon.
  4. Mahundu = apes.
  5. Cima or Ncima = monkey.
  6. Kangamba = skunk.
  7. Mukenge = stripped polecat.
  8. Ndzimbo = anteater.
  9. Ntsanda = honey badger.
  10. Ntsimba = genet.
  11. Kalumba = rabbit or hare.
  12. Munkondo = mongoose.
  13. Ntonto = mouse lemur.
  14. Combo = bush pig or wild boar.

Names wild animals in Lucazi language

Luchazi proverb: Via ncima via ku lila kuilu; via kalumba ha mavu (things for the monkey are eaten up in the tree, that of the hare are eaten on ground).

Vulanguluisi: Vamosi va pita, vamosi ka va pitile vunoni tu va vose tu hasa ku santsela ku vize vi tu na vezika.

Ku Hetesa: Viukilila mu vivezikiso viove kaha kati u liveye via mbala.

Wild birds in Luchazi language

  1. Mungandzi 
  2. Nkumbua 
  3. Ntsintsi = goose.
  4. Nkanga = guinea fowl.
  5. Cihungu = martial eagle.
  6. Ngonga = crown eagle.
  7. Nkuaze = fish eagle.
  8. Mungomba = African ground hornbill.
  9. Mbangula  = African hornbill species.
  10. Kambembe = species of falcons.
  11. Cikuatankanga
  12. Likololo = raven.
  13. Cintsuemba = species of night hawk.
  14. Kandzuezi = specie of cuckoo.
  15. Ciselele = species of hawk.
  16. Cinkungulu = owl.
  17. Limbondo = species of cormorant.
  18. Lipapato = species of cormorant.
  19. Cikuikui = species of owl.
  20. Ntsuvi = species of swan.
  21. Ndalanjimbu = pelican species.
  22. Lituanjimbu = species of pelican.
  23. Likuvi = vulture species.
  24. Lihanda = stork species.
  25. Nkumbi = stork species.
  26. Liteta = species of heron.
  27. Ndahuhu = hoopoe species; lapwing species.
  28. Ndantsampua = kestrel species.
  29. Vikenge = parrot species.
  30. Citota = woodpecker.
  31. Nkokue = pheasant species.
  32. Ntento = quail or partridge bird species.
  33. Kamboua = dove species; turtle dove.
  34. Katele = dove species.
  35. Livemba = pigeon species.
  36. Kalimba
  37. Kantsosi = hummingbird species.
  38. Kasolo = honey guide.
  39. Kampiasa = swallow.
To be continued...

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