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.

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.

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