Emotions and feelings vocabulary in Luchazi

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 in Luchazi

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 = ungiving; hardened.
11. Kankasiana = hard feelings; grievances.
12. Ku likankasiana = to have hard feelings.
13. Keniuka = cruel.
14. Ku likata = frustrate.
15. Chindumba ua likatiesele cikuma = Chindumba was so frustrated.
16. Ntsangu = wrath or resentment.
17. Ntsangu i tsiha mukua ku heva = resentment kills a fool.
18. Nianga = bitterness.
19. Vusase = bitterness.
20. Ku-lingula = vengeance.
21. Ku liveya = to envy.
22. Teketa = huff; a fit of petty annoyance; snit; sulk.
23. Zalukila = express contempt for; deride; ridicule.

Luchazi proverb: "Va na ku sumu malu ku ntunda; u ka papuola miziva ku ndonga!" (The hornets have bitten you on dry land and you are tearing apart the fish traps at the river!)

Vulanguluisi: Malu a kala ku ntunda kaha ku vavala cove ci na sangumuna vutenu mukemo u na solola vuheve vuove mu ku papuola miziva ku ndonga. Miziva ka yesi na mulonga vunoni omo vutenu vu na ku hevesa mukemo u li na ku a pihisa.

Ku Hetesa: Nga umosi na ku vavalesa kati u solole vutenu vuove kuli ueka muomu kesi na mulonga.

Fear terms and conversational phrases in Luchazi

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. Zuzuma = feeble.
8. Nja zuzuma = I am feeble, or I am faint.
9. Ku vambela = sore broken or broken beyond measure.
10. Mundzundzu = horror or fear.
11. Ndandama = pant, throb, pulsate.
12. Mutima uange u ndandama = my heart panted.
13. Mutima ua ndandama = the heart flutters.

Luchazi proverb: "Cintondue ka ce ku ivua mutana, ci lihovatela; ndungo ke ku ivua milongo ngueni, "Yange va ka hana-ko." (The hot season doesn't feel the heat, it just shrivels up; the slave who doesn't hear what is being discussed says, "They are going to give me away."

Vulanguluisi: Cintondue ka ce ku pinda na ntuima vunoni vantu vatsa ntuima. Livenea ndungo kesi na cisinganieka ca ku hana ndungo kuli ueka, vunoni ndungo na ci singanieka.

Ku Hetesa: Cize cintsa ka tu ci tantekeya ce ku nehesa vuoma.

Luchazi proverb: Mbambandala ke ku sumana vunoni vuangasis ua ku kala Navo (The 'Mbambandala' snake is not capable of biting but it will cause you to be fearful).

Sadness terms and conversational phrases in Luchazi

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. Simouka = mourn; groan.
22. Mivindzo ya mutima = disquietness of the heart.
23. Ku vindzuoka = to groan in pain or stress.
24. Kuzezumuka = gloominess.
25. Viniengo = lamentations.
26. Ku linienga = lament or complain.
27. Ku ningita = to murmur.
28. Ku linienieta = to complain.
29. Ku lila mbimbiamitue = wailing.
30. Kutatuoka = contentions; grumbly or grumble.
31. Ku lembezieka = to comfort.
32. Lamba = affliction.
33. Kayando = hardship or misery.
34. Kati kayando ua muene = that wasn't suffering he saw or endured.
35. Omo muntu ou, nji na mono kayando = because of this person I have suffered.
36. Ku fuitangana = to struggle or travail.
37. Vitanga = challenges or problems.
38. Kati a nji kese na vitanga = I don't want him/her to leave me with problems.
39. Nji ka ku lembezieka vati? = How shall I comfort you?

Luchazi proverb: Masozi ku sulisa ngandza; vusiua ka vu hasa ku fueta makongo (Tears will not fill the cup and sorrow doesn't pay the debt).

Vulanguluisi: Masozi ka a hasa ku aluluisa vimosi vi u na panga cipue vusiua ka vu hasa ku sungamesa vimosi vi u na hengesa.

Ku Hetesa: Hilula vize vi ka sololoka mu ntsimbu kanda u vi pange linga u liohiele ku vusiua vuze vu ka kalako nga u honoua.

Surprise terms and conversational phrases in Luchazi

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.

Love terms and conversational phrases in Luchazi

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.

Joy terms and conversational phrases in Luchazi

1. Ndzolela = happiness;joy.
2. Zolela = rejoice.
3. Ku zola = to laugh.
4. Viukilila = exhilarate.
5. Ku viukilila = be exhilarated.
6. Menia = smile.

Luchazi proverb: Kela makania, u sezako matuitui; handeka na mukuenu, mu sileko mumo (When you harvest tobacco you leave some leaves; when you talk with a friend, leave him as you found him).

Vulanguluisi: Mu ku hela makania, vantu va seza mefo aze andende noho a na kolo. Mukemo naua omo u meneka kavusamba kati u mu umise mutima vunoni mu hane ntsimbu ya ku hilula vize vi u na mu lekesa.

Ku Hetesa: Omo u meneka vantu va sile na ndzolela ize i ua va uanene nayo.

Idiomatic expressions of emotions in Luchazi

1. Mutima ua ku lela = clear conscience; clean heart.
2. 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.
3. Mivindzo ya mutima = a feeling of worry; troubled heart; anxiety.
4. Mutima ua yukuma mu kati = inner turmoil; civil war within self.
5. Mutima ua nji seza = lose nerve; lose courage, confidence and hope.
6. Ku ya ku mutima = to please or make happy. Example: Ikeye na nji I ku mutima cikuma.
7. Ku zika mutima = to rely on or trust in.
8. Ku aluluka ku mutima = to repent or be repentant.
9. Ku lava ku mutima = to be offended or hurt.
10. Ku ivua mema ku mutima = to be compassionate.
11. Ku uma mutima = to worry.
12. Ku-zuma ku mutima = anxiety; heavy heart; weighed down by anxiety.
13. Ku-tsa mutima = feel depressed or demoralized or dispirited or terrified.
14. Ku liveta cikumba = to be dismayed.
15. Kati u livete cikumba = don't be dismayed.
16. Ku vatuka ku mutima = broken-hearted.
17. Mutima ua ku santsuka = joyful heart; cheerful heart.
18. 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.
19. Ku situala ku mutima = close one's heart to pity.
20. Cimbembesi ca ku sevuisa = lying spirit.
21. Cimbembesi ca ku holoka = cool spirit.
22. Ku lundika manungu a tuhia ku mutue = to make someone burn with shame.
23. Mutima u na tuika ha kati = hurt to the deep of the heart.
24. Muono ua sangunuka (life melts away) = expresses a feeling of being overwhelmed and consumed by the issue at hand.
25. 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.
26. 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.