Forest and vegetation vocabulary in Luchazi

Forest and vegetation vocabulary refers to words and phrases used to describe various aspects of forests, plants, and ecosystems. Here are some Luchazi words and phrases and their meanings in English:

Common vegetation terms in Luchazi

1. Cihongo = meadow or water meadow.
2. Cindzembua = shrub.
3. Vindzembua (plural) = shrubs.
4. Ciputa = bushy.
5. Viputa (plural) = bushes.
6. Cisoni = stubble or straw.
7. Visoni (plural) = straw, stubbles.
8. Visoni vi tontola = fresh or green straw.
9. Visoni via ku uma = dry straw.
10. Cisuasua = stubble or straw.
11. Visuasua (plural) = straw, stubbles.
12. Lihumbu = a dense group of bushes or trees.
13. Mahumbu (plural)
14. Likongele = rush (of plant); a tufted marsh or waterside plant.
15. Linkanda = lily.
16. Mankanda (plural) = lilies.
17. Mankanda-nkanda (plural/emphasis) = lilies.
18. Muila = grass.
19. Muila u tontola = fresh or green grass.
20. Muila ua ku uma = dry grass.
21. Muila ua katengo = elephant grass.
22. Muila ua kangungu = thatching grass.
23. Mungengua (sharp cutting grass).
24. Vunonge = thick grass or thicket of grass.
25. Lihongo = reed.
26. Mahongo (plural) = reeds.
27. Makove = rushes.
28. Mulele = mallows.
29. Mungu = nettles.
30. Muvulia
31. Kalyau 
32. Vutalamba
33. Muti ya ku musenge = trees of the forest.
34. Musenge = bush, forest.
35. Ntsuata = forest.
36. Ntsuata ya musenge = woodland. Forest.
37. Tumuni = brier; a prickly plant or a thorny twig.
38. Tundzata = brambles.
39. Saku = cockle.
40. Vuili = juniper.
41. Vusito = thicket, grove, or growth of small trees.
42. Vusaki = a thicket in which wild animals can hide.

"Handekela cana, musenge ua zika." ~ Luchazi wisdom.

Types of native trees in Luchazi 

Here is a list of common tree names in Luchazi:

1. Milemba trees.
2. Mumbungo tree.
3. Munkenge tree.
4. Muntelenge tree.
5. Musivi tree.
6. Mutsindi tree.
7. Mutovo tree.

To be continued...

Parts of a tree in Luchazi

A tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches, leaves, and other structures. Here are parts of a tree in Luchazi language and their meanings in English:

1. Muti = tree.
2. Miti (plural) = trees.
3. Citi = stick.
4. Viti (plural) = sticks.
5. Vusuka = boughs or main branches of the tree.
6. Mutango = branch.
7. Mitango (plural).
8. Mitango ya ku zambuoka = shadowing shroud.
9. Citetele = twig.
10. Vitetele (plural) = twigs.
11. Muzi = root.
12. Mizi (plural) = roots.
13. Lifo = leaf.
14. Mefo (plural) = leaves.
15. Ntemo = bud.
16. Zintemo (plural) = buds.
17. Ntsani = flower or blossom.
18. Zintsani = flowers or a blossom; a mass of flowers on a tree or bush.
19. Mungonga = thorn.
20. Mingonga = thorns.
21. Mbimbo = long thorn.
22. Zimbimbo (plural) = long thorns.
23. Muti u tontola = fresh or green tree.
24. Muti ua ku uma = dry tree.

Features of a tree in Luchazi language 

Parts of a tree trunk and related words in Luchazi

A tree trunk is the main stem of the tree that supports the branches. Here are parts of a tree trunk in Lucazi and their meanings in English:

1. Cimbundi = stump.
2. Cula = tree bark. It is the tough outermost layer of a tree’s trunk that protects the tree from damage.
3. Ntsengua = heartwood; it is the dead, central part of the xylem that does not conducts or transport water up the tree.
4. Zintsengua (plural) = heartwood or poles.
5. Mpako = tree hollow or tree hole or tree cavity.
6. Kupakula = to cut down big trees.
7. Kuvuka = to remove barks from big trees.
8. Kuhima = thick or thickness.

Part of a tree trunk in Luchazi language