Classification of nouns in Luchazi

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Main classes of nouns in Luchazi 

There are eight (08) main classes of nouns and are distinguished from one another by their singular and plural prefixes. These classes often indicate semantic categories (e.g human, animal, plants, objects).

CLASS 1: Mu - Va (Animate/personal class).
Example: Muntu (person) - Vantu (people).
CLASS 2: Mu - Mi (Plant/vegetable Kingdom class).
Examples: 
  1. Muti (tree) - Miti (trees).
  2. Mukuyu (fig tree) - Mikuyu (fig trees).
  3. Mutete.
  4. Musambe (potatoes)
CLASS 3: Vu - Ma (Abstract Nouns).
Examples:
  1. Vukuendze (young manhood).
  2. Vukuluntu (old age).
  3. Vunike (childish).
CLASS 4: Li - Ma (Augmentative Class).
Examples:
  1. Lita (big gun) - Mata (many guns).
  2. Liato (large boat).
  3. Limpuevo (huge woman) = Mampuevo (huge/many women).
CLASS 5: Lu - Ma/Zi (Mass/large class).
Examples:
  1. Lungano (big foot) - Mangano/Zingano.
  2. Lumbongo (money) - Zimbongo
CLASS 6: Ci - Vi (Articles/Things Class).
Examples:
  1. Cindeyi (penny) - Vindeyi (pennies).
  2. Cilongo (crown) - Vilongo (crowns).
  3. Cini (mortar) - Vini (mortars).
CLASS 7: (Lost) - Zi/Vi (Inanimate/Animate Class).
Examples:
>Mpoko (knife) - Zimpoko.
CLASS 8: Ka - Tu (Diminutive Class).
Examples:
  1. Kamuandza (small cassava) - Tumuandza (little/few cassava).
  2. Kamundele (small maize/corn) - Tumundele (little/few maize/corn).
  3. Kafueto (little/poor pay/salary).
  4. Tumema (little water).
  5. Kana (tiny/small child/baby).
  6. Kalilonga (small plate).
  7. Kacikolo (small doorway).
  8. Tuvantsi (tiny/few fish).

Note: Some nouns are only used in the singular. These are:

  1. Mundele = maize; corn.
  2. Muandza = cassava.
  3. Vuihua = mushroom.
  4. Mema = water.
  5. Mazi = oil.
  6. Mavisi or Mavele = milk.

Some nouns are contempt. These are:

  1. Kakuluntu = worthless or useless old person.
  2. Lumpuevo = dumpy woman.

Classes of Luchazi nouns map onto the Proto-Bantu noun

Proto-Bantu nouns are categorized into noun classes, each marked by a prefix that indicates the noun's meaning and grammatical relationships. These classes are crucial for understanding the structure and agreement patterns in Proto-Bantu and its descendant languages. The table below shows the Eight main classes of Luchazi nouns map onto the Proto-Bantu noun:
The Eight main classes of Luchazi map onto the Proto-Bantu noun.

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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