Names of animals in Luchazi

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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.

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

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.
  9. Litolo = elephant shrew.
  10. Ngele = grey squirrel.
  11. Ciningi = porcupine.
  12. Nkili = rat.
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.
To be continued...
Names of reptiles in Luchazi language

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

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.

Mukomba = trunk or elephant's trunk.

Mazo a njamba = ivory.

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


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

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 = specie of hawk.
  16. Cinkungulu = owl.
  17. Limbondo = a specie of cormorant.
  18. Cikuikui = species of owl.
  19. Ntsuvi = species of swan.
  20. Ndalanjimbu = pelican species.
  21. Lituanjimbu = species of pelican.
  22. Likuvi = vulture species.
  23. Lihanda = stork
  24. Nkumbi = stork species.
  25. Liteta = species of heron.
  26. Ndahuhu = hoopoe.
  27. Ndantsampua = kestrel species.
  28. Vikenge = parrot species.
  29. Citota = woodpecker.
  30. Nkokue = pheasant species.
  31. Ntento = partridge bird species.
  32. Kamboua = dove species; turtle dove.
  33. Katele = dove species.
  34. Livemba = pigeon species.
  35. Kalimba
  36. Kantsosi = hummingbird species.
  37. Kasolo = honey guide.
  38. Kampiasa = swallow.
To be continued...
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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