Emotions and Feelings vocabulary in Luchazi

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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. Enuna = hate; loathe; despise; abhor.
  9. Kankamana = ungiving; hardened.
  10. Kankasiana = hard feelings; grievances.
  11. Ku likankasiana = to have hard feelings.
  12. Keniuka = cruel.
  13. Ku likata = frustrate.
  14. Chindumba ua likatiesele cikuma = Chindumba was so frustrated.
  15. Ntsangu = wrath or resentment.
  16. Ntsangu i tsiha mukua ku heva = resentment kills a fool.
  17. Nianga = bitterness.
  18. Vusase = bitterness.
  19. Ku-lingula = vengeance.
  20. 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. Ku vatuka ku mutima = broken-hearted.
  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. Ku lava ku mutima = to be offended or hurt.
  27. Ku ivua mema ku mutima = to be compassionate.
  28. Ku uma mutima = to worry.
  29. Ku-zuma ku mutima = anxiety.
  30. Ku-tsa mutima = feel depressed or demoralized or dispirited or terrified.
  31. Ku liveta cikumba = to be dismayed.
  32. Kati u livete cikumba = don't be dismayed.
  33. Viniengo = lamentations.
  34. Ku linienga = lament or complain.
  35. Ku ningita = to murmur.
  36. Ku linienieta = to complain.
  37. Ku lila mbimbiamitue = wailing.
  38. Kutatuoka = contentions; grumbly or grumble.
  39. Ku lembezieka = to comfort.
  40. Lamba = affliction.
  41. Kayando = hardship or misery.
  42. Kati kayando ua muene = that wasn't suffering he saw or endured.
  43. Omo muntu ou, nji na mono kayando = because of this person I have suffered.
  44. Ku fuitangana = to struggle or travail.
  45. Vitanga = challenges or problems.
  46. Kati a nji kese na vitanga = I don't want him/her to leave me with problems.
  47. Ku aluluka ku mutima = to repent or be repentant.
  48. Nji ka ku lembezieka vati? = How shall I comfort you?

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. 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. Sakalala = pleasure.
  9. Masakalalo = pleasures.
Luchazi proverb: "Munkelendende, zola-zola na mukuenu, ndzala, mume, tangua i ku ku kumuka." (Dragonfly, laugh continually with your friend, in hunger or in dew, some day they will grunt in surprise at you).
Vulanguluisi: Lilongese ku zola-zola na vavusamba vove ku zintsimbu zia ndzala na ku zintsimbu zia ku vezika kaha tangua omo via vikalu vi soloka u ka hasa ku zola.
Ku Hetesa: Lilongese ku kala na mutima ua ndzolela ku viose.
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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