Emotional vocabulary: Luchazi to English

Emotions and feelings vocabulary: Luchazi to English

Emotions and feelings vocabulary refers to the range of words and phrases used to describe different emotional states and sensations. Below is a list of common or basic emotions and feelings in Lucazi, and their meanings in English:

Anger terms and conversational phrases: Luchazi to English

1. Vutenu = anger.
2. Kutenuka = get angry.
3. Ku kanguoka = rant.
4. Matoto or Litoto = temper.
5. Ku-zakama = anguish.
6. Ku sangumuna = provoke, irritate, exasperate.
7. Cizindo = hatred.
8. Cizindo ca ku tantuluka = complete hatred; total hatred.
9. Enuna = hate; loathe; despise; abhor.
10. Kankamana = unforgiving; hardened.
11. Kankasiana = hard feelings; grievances.
12. Ku likankasiana = to have hard feelings.
13. Vukeniu = cruelty.
14. Ku keniuka = to be cruel.
15. Ku likata = frustrate.
16. Chindumba ua likatiesele cikuma = Chindumba was so frustrated.
17. Ntsangu = wrath or resentment.
18. Ntsangu i tsiha mukua ku heva = resentment kills a fool.
19. Nianga = bitterness.
20. Vusase = bitterness.
21. Ku-lingula = vengeance.
22. Ku liveya = to envy.
23. Teketa = huff; a fit of petty annoyance; snit; sulk.
24. Zalukila = express contempt for; deride; ridicule.

Fear terms and conversational phrases: Luchazi to English

1. Cintsima = fear.
2. Vuoma = fear.
3. Kati u ivue vuoma = don't be afraid.
4. Vuangasis = hidden fear.
5. Cangasis = hidden fear which is a result of consciousness of guilt.
6. Zuzuka = terrified or frighten.
7. Cizuzuiso = a thing that causes or brings terror.
8. Zuzuma = feeble.
9. Nja zuzuma = I am feeble, or I am faint.
10. Ku vambela = sore broken or broken beyond measure.
11. Mundzundzu = horror or fear.
12. Ndandama = pant, throb, pulsate.
13. Mutima uange u ndandama = my heart panted.
14. Mutima ua ndandama = the heart flutters.

Sadness terms and conversational phrases: Luchazi to English

1. Lila = cry.
2. Ku lila = to cry.
3. Teta = scream.
4. Ku litetela = to scream; a loud, piecing cry.
5. Masozi = tears.
6. Sotola masozi = shed tears.
7. Ku sotola masozi = to shed tears.
8. Holomona masozi = shed tears.
9. Kuikui = sob.
10. Ku litetela = to scream.
11. Ku lua mutima = to agonize.
12. Cihonda = anguish.
13. Vusiua = sorrow.
14. Masiua = sorrows.
15. Vusona = sorrow.
16. Ngongo = woe or great sorrow.
17. Kosa = displease.
18. Ku kosa ku mutima = to be displeased.
19. Uili = dismay.
20. Ku ivua uili = to feel dismayed.
21. Hongua = suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of sorrow; pine away.
22. Simouka = mourn; groan.
23. Mivindzo ya mutima = disquietness of the heart.
24. Ku vindzuoka = to groan in pain or stress.
25. Kuzezumuka = gloominess.
26. Viniengo = lamentations.
27. Ku linienga = lament or complain.
28. Ku ningita = to murmur.
29. Ku linienieta = to complain.
30. Ku lila mbimbiamitue = wailing.
31. Kutatuoka = contentions; grumbly or grumble.
32. Lembezieka= comfort.
33. Ku lembezieka = to comfort.
34. Cilembezieki = comforter.
35. Valembezieki (plural) = comforters.
36. Vulembezieki = state of comforting.
37. Lamba = affliction.
38. Kayando = hardship or misery.
39. Kati kayando ua muene = that wasn't suffering he saw or endured.
40. Omo muntu ou, nji na mono kayando = because of this person I have suffered.
41. Ku fuitangana = to struggle or travail.
42. Vitanga = challenges or problems.
43. Kati a nji kese na vitanga = I don't want him/her to leave me with problems.
44. Nji ka ku lembezieka vati? = How shall I comfort you?

Surprise terms and conversational phrases: Luchazi to English

1. Ciyovo = something mysterious outside natural law/something unusual or weird or odd.
2. Lihungu = mystery.
3. Komoka = surprise or astonish.
4. Cikomoueso = a wonder or marvel.
5. Kasumuna (transitive verb) = astonish.
6. Kasumuka (intransitive verb) = astonished.
7. Kasumuisa (causative verb) = cause to be astonished.
8. Sosoma = astonish or shock so that a person is temporarily unable to react; confounded; stun.
9. Ku lisosoma = to be confounded; stunned.

Love terms and conversational phrases: Luchazi to English

1. Cilemo = love.
2. Ku lema = to love.
3. Nja ku lema = I love you.
4. Cilemo cange = my love.
5. Mukua cilemo cange = my beloved.
6. Uange ua cilemo = my darling.
7. Ku suanga = to entice or captivate.
8. Ku vumbatela = embrace or hug.
9. Ku tsuemba = to kiss.
10. Ku zanga = to like or want.
11. Cizango = affection or desire.
12. Cizango ceni = his will or desire.
13. Lifuua = jealousy. Lifuua lia keniuka ngue vukalo vua vatsi (jealousy is cruel as the grave). Lifuua li niola mukua ku sinama = (Jealousy slays the silly person).
14. Lisungu = inordinate affection or lustful passion.
15. Sungumuka = become alienated in affections.
16. Sungumioka = be in constant in affections.
17. Sotela = pleasure; care; desire.

Joy terms and conversational phrases: Luchazi to English

1. Ndzolela = happiness;joy.
2. Zolela = rejoice.
3. Ku zola = to laugh.
4. Viukilila = exhilarate.
5. Ku viukilila = be exhilarated.
6. Menia = smile.
7. Vizola = laughter; amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.

Idiomatic expressions of emotions: Luchazi to English

1. Mutima ua ku lela = clear conscience; clean heart.
2. Ku leza ku mutima = detest; abhor; regard with hatred.
3. Ku litsimika ku mutima = seared conscience; a state where a person's moral sense is weakened or damaged, making them insensitive to guilt or remorse about wrongdoing.
4. Mivindzo ya mutima = a feeling of worry; troubled heart; anxiety.
5. Mutima ua yukuma mu kati = inner turmoil; civil war within self.
6. Mutima ua nji seza = lose nerve; lose courage, confidence and hope.
7. Ku ya ku mutima = to please or make happy. Example: Ikeye na nji I ku mutima cikuma.
8. Ku zika mutima = to rely on or trust in.
9. Ku aluluka ku mutima = to repent or be repentant.
10. Ku lava ku mutima = to be offended or hurt.
11. Ku ivua mema ku mutima = to be compassionate.
12. Masozi a ku mutima = emotional sorrow; to be sorrowful.
13. Ku uma mutima = to worry.
14. Ku-zuma ku mutima = anxiety; heavy heart; weighed down by anxiety.
15. Ku-tsa mutima = feel depressed or demoralized or dispirited or terrified.
16. Ku tsisa mutima = cause the heart to despair.
17. Ku katiesa ku mutima = cause the heart to fret; anxious.
18. Ku ivua cisulila = to be impatient or troubled by waiting or delays.
19. Ku liveta cikumba = to be dismayed.
20. Kati u livete cikumba = don't be dismayed.
21. Ku vatuka ku mutima = broken-hearted.
22. Ku sasa ku mutima = to be bitter in heart; bitterness of the soul.
23. Vusase vua muono = bitterness of soul or life.
24. Mutima ua ku santsuka = joyful heart; cheerful heart.
25. Cimbembesi ca ku vatuka = crushed spirit; profound state of inner brokenness, desolate and loss of hope often resulting from overwhelming emotional pain, betrayal, grief or depression.
26. Ku situala ku mutima = close one's heart to pity.
27. Cimbembesi ca ku sevuisa = lying spirit.
28. Cimbembesi ca ku holoka = cool spirit.
29. Cimbembesi ca vuoma = spirit of fear; spirit of timidity.
30. Ku lundika manungu a tuhia ku mutue = to make someone burn with shame.
31. Mutima u na tuika ha kati = hurt to the deep of the heart.
32. Muono ua sangunuka (life melts away) = expresses a feeling of being overwhelmed and consumed by the issue at hand.
33. Mutima ua ku zolela u lingisa cihanga ca ndzolela (a glad heart makes the face happy) = contrasts inner contentment with outer appearance; true happiness begins in the heart and radiates outward.
34. Ku vuila vantu vuoma ci neha ngandzo (fear of people brings a snare) = giving in to anxiety about other people's opinions can trap you ~ Proverbs 29:25.