Words and Phrases defining housing and habitations in Lucazi

Words or phrases defining housing and living quarters

Words and phrases defining housing and habitations refer to the vocabulary used to describe places where people live, including types of dwellings, their features, and related concepts. Here are some key categories in Lucazi language:

General housing terms in Luchazi language

1. Limbo = village or a settlement comprising a group of houses.
2. Membo (plural) = villages.
3. Hembo = one's village or one’s place of residence.
4. Kuimbo = Home, or one's own place of origin.
5. Mbaka = town.
6. Mavumba = suburbs.
7. Citingitingi = townships.
8. Mbonge = wall towns or castle.
9. Vikandzo = cities.
10. Cimpaka ca ku tunkuka = tower.
11. Kaposi = tower.
12. Ngundu = Abandoned village or desolate place.
13. Zingundu (plural) = abandoned villages or desolate places.
14. Ndova = plaster.
15. Ku salimba = to plaster.
16. Muandzi = crack.
17. Miandzi (plural) = cracks.
18. Mbelo = gate or any opening in a fence with a movable barrier.
19. Zimbelo (plural) = gates.
20. Lipela = court; courtyard.
21. Citungu = fence or court.
22. Litsikinina = inadequate in spatial capacity; affording little room, narrow; constricted; restricted; tight; confined; narrow.
23. Lisuata = narrow place.
24. Nata = mortar.
25. Tunga = build or construct.
26. Tungulula = rebuild or reconstruct.

Types of housing in Luchazi language

1. Ndzivo = house or a building that serves as a living quarter; or any building in which something is housed.
2. Zindzivo (plural) = houses or buildings.
3. Vukalo = dwelling place.
4. Ndzivo ya masiko = Parliament.
5. Ndzivo ya vangendzi = guesthouse, inn
6. Ndzivo ya ku tulila vangendzi = lodge, guesthouse
7. Vutulilo = lodging place or guesthouse.
8. Vuhuimino = resting place; rest house.
9. Vihuimino (plural) = resting places; rest houses.
10. Cipundo = lodge; a temporary lodging place.
11. Ndzivo ya vipako = warehouse.
12. Ndzivo ya ku tulikila = storehouse.
13. Ndzivo ya vitua = armoury.
14. Mbalaka = tent.
15. Ndzango = a thatched structure built in the centre of the village and serves as the meeting place of all men.
16. Cisete = barn.
17. Cilombo = camp.
18. Ntsingi = camp hut.
19. Mbalanda = pavilion; shelter.
20. Cisasa = temporary grass shelter.
21. Vipundo = temporary storage structures.
22. Cikoloyi = permanent storage structure.
23. Cimpaka = fortress.

Parts of a house in Luchazi language

A house typically consists of several key parts. Here are the key parts of a house in Lucazi and their meaning in English:

1. Tusongua = housetops.
2. Luvula = foundation.
3. Mavula (plural) = foundations.
4. Cizunguilo = floor.
5. Ku masima = base or bottom.
6. Lipito = door; any swinging or sliding barrier at the entrance to a building or room.
7. Njanena = window.
8. Vindulu = glass.
9. Vulezo = glazing putty.
10. Ndopi = brick.
11. Zindopi = bricks.
12. Civumbe = wall.
13. Vivumbe (plural) = walls.
14. Mbango = corner.
15. Zimbango (plural) = corners.
16. Liteya = tile or roofing tile.
17. Mateya (plural) = tiles.
18. Cimbimbi = porch or a sheltered area at the entrance to a building.
19. Zindondelo = stairs or a set of fixed steps leading from one floor of a building to another.
20. Muyengo ua coto = chimney.

Rooms in a house in Luchazi language

1. Hondo = chamber; room, especially a bedroom; closet.
2. Zihondo (plural) = chambers; rooms; closets.
3. Cikalo = sitting room; living room; a space for relaxing and entertaining guests.
4. Vikalo (plural) = sitting rooms; living rooms.
5. Vukoselo = bedroom or a place where you sleep.
6. Hondo lia ku kosa = bedroom; a room for sleeping.
7. Mulili = private room or chamber.
8. Hondo lia ku tanena = bathroom; a room with a toilet, sink, and bathtub or shower.
9. Cimbusu = toilet.
10. Ntsenge = Kitchen; a room for cooking and preparing food.
11. Hondo lia ku lila via-ku-lia = dining room; a room for eating meals.
12. Hondo ya vupite = storeroom.
13. Hondo ya ku tulikila = pantry.
14. Cimbimbi = porch; a covered area at the entrance of the house.
15. Tsimba = porch; balcony; an outdoor platform attached to a room usually above ground level.
16. Hondo lia ku kusila vuzalo = laundry room.

House furniture and related terms in Luchazi language

Here is a list of common house features in Luchazi and their meaning in English:

1. Mesa = table or a dining table at which several people can sit together to eat.
2. Citumamo = chair.
3. Citumamo ca Kayongo = wooden stool.
4. Citonta = stool.
5. Ciyakelo = armrest; stay.
6. Viyakelo (plural) = armrests; stays.
7. Ndeya = lamp.
8. Mbukusu = boxwood.
9. Muhandi = a forked stick or a bedpost.
10. Muhela = bed.
11. Vusalili = couch.
12. Lipayi = blanket.
13. Sisa = mat.

Thatched structures terms in Luchazi language

1. Ngundzi = pillar.
2. Zingundzi (plural) = pillars.
3. Livaya = plank.
4. Mavaya (plural) = planks or long flat pieces of timber or wood.
5. Muila ua katengo = elephant grass.
6. Muila ua kangungu = thatching grass.
7. Lisinde = hassock or clump of grass.

1. Ku kangala = to tie together purlins into a strong bundle.
2. Mikambo = beams.
3. Masoko = rafters; these are the sloping pieces of poles or wood that support a roof.
4. Zimbandze = purlins.
5. Ziondzi = fibre gins or threads.
6. Mukatango = a bundle or a set of purlins tied or wrapped up together.

1. Zika = close up or to close an opening.
2. Zikuka = come out of the place into which it was put.
3. Zikika = put into an opening so as to close it.
4. Tsakununa = dislodge or pluck out.
5. Henga = be crooked or bend.
6. Hengalala = be slightly crooked or bend.
7. Olola = stretch out.

The parts of a hinged door in Luchazi language

1. Lipito = door; any swinging or sliding barrier at the entrance to a building or room.
2. Mapito (plural)
3. Miteka = hinges.
4. Cikolo = doorway or an entrance with a door; the opening that a door closes especially an entrance into a building or room.
5. Kacikolo or kakolo (diminutive) = a small doorway.
6. Ngendzo = bell.
7. Mpindziko = lock or mortice lock.
8. Sapi = Key.
9. Muvelenge = padlock/latch/bar.
10. Cipamba = lintel.
11. Civuliko = doorpost.

1. Tota or kutota = knock or to knock.
2. Ngongota or kungongota = knock/to knock.
3. Ingila = go in.
4. Kovela = enter in.
5. Tuhuka = go out.
6. Fuma = go out of or come out.
7. Sokoka = come out of that which is closed.
8. Soka = Shut.
9. Sokelela = shut permanently.
10. Sokeka = place or shut in.
11. Sokolola = Open.
12. Pata = Bar in.
13. Pateka = Put into that which will hold it.
14. Patuka = come out of that in which it is barred.

Words and phrases related to sleep in Luchazi language

1. Tulo = sleep; nap; snooze.
2. Lalameka = close one's eyes.
3. Kosa = sleep; lay down.
4. Ku kosa = to sleep; to lay down.
5. Ku kosa tulo = to be asleep.
6. Ku kosa cilavulavu = slumber.
7. Ka li ka kosa cilavulavu cipue tulo = he shall neither slumber nor sleep.
8. Ku kosela = sleep over; night stop.
9. Konkoka = conk; doze; drowse; siesta.
10. Ku konkoka = to conk; to drowse; to siesta.
11. Lota = dream.
12. Ku lota = to dream.
13. Ndzozi = vision; dream.
14. Salaniana = toss and turn.
15. Ku salaniana = to toss and turn.
16. Vuimbi = fidgety; restless sleep.
17. Hinduka = rise; wake up.
18. Tungumuka = stir up suddenly.
19. Niangumuka = awakened suddenly.

Bathroom vocabulary in Luchazi language

1. Cikumbo = toothbrush.
2. Lituaya= towel.
3. Mulola = soap.
4. Njapau = soap.
5. Lipapelo lia ku likonuaisa = toilet paper.
6. Lizengununo lia lipapelo lia ku likonuaisa = roll of toilet paper.
7. Ciseya = basin.
8. Mbafu = bathtub.
9. Kumba mazo = brush your teeth.
10. Hemba = blow your nose.
11. Tana = wash.
12. Tana ku meso = wash your face.
13. Tana ha muvila = wash your body.
14. Tana ku mikono = wash your legs.
15. Tana ku viliato = wash your feet.
16. Hunda = wipe.
17. Kuita = rub on.
18. Mazi a kuli kuita = lotion.