Tools and Metals vocabulary in Lucazi

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Tools and Metals vocabulary in Luchazi

A tool refers to a device or implement, typically hand-held, used to carry out a particular function. These include construction tools, agricultural tools, metalworking tools, and sharpening tools. Here is a list of names of tools in Luchazi and their meaning in English:

General tools in Luchazi language

  1. Cinoma = tool or iron tool.
  2. Njimbu = axe.
  3. Njimbu ya mutaka = a medium size axe; battle axe.
  4. Zinjimbu (plural) = axes.
  5. Litemo = hoe, coulter.
  6. Matemo (plural) = hoes, coulters.
  7. Likandu = mattock.
  8. Makandu (plural) = mattocks.
  9. Muhini = handle of an axe or hoe.
  10. Cikundo = handle of a spear or knife.
  11. Likuangu = file.
  12. Pa = shovel.
  13. Zipa (plural) = shovels.
  14. Fosholo (loanword from Shona 'foshoro' and Zulu 'ifosholo') = shovel. The word was brought into Luchazi language and vocabulary by men who went to work in mines in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South Africa.
  15. Foshola or shofola = to shovel; to take up and throw with a shovel.
  16. Njolo = hook 
  17. Hala = rake. Derived from the word 'Hala' which means to scratch a part of the body with one's fingernails to relieve itching.
  18. Mukole ua ku setekesa = measuring rope or tape.
  19. Kompasu = compass.
Common tools in Luchazi language 

Common knives and related tools in Luchazi

  1. Mbeli = razor.
  2. Kavemba = razor blade.
  3. Mpoko = knife.
  4. Cekese = sickle.
  5. Kazolo = wick tong or trimmer; scissors.
  6. Tuzolo (plural) = wick tongs or trimmers; scissors.
  7. Cikele = scissors.
  8. Cikele ca ku sondouesa = pruning shear.
  9. Vikele via ku sondouesa = pruning shears.
  10. Mpoko ya sondouesa = pruning knife.
  11. Zimpoko zia ku sondouesa pruning knives.
  12. Mpoko ya ku teuisa = shaving knife.
Common knives in Luchazi language

Common woodworking tools in Luchazi

  1. Selalo = saw, handsaw,
  2. Ziselalo = saws.
  3. Palana = Jack plane.
  4. Zipalana (plural) = Jack planes.
  5. Cisano = Mallet.
Common woodworking tools in Luchazi

Metalworking tools and related items in Luchazi

  1. Muveto = hammer or a tool with a weighted head on a long handle used to drive nails or pegs into walls, wood boards, and other surface materials.
  2. Ziki = heavy iron block with a flat top and concave sides, on which metal can be hammered and shaped; anvil.
  3. Lumana = blacksmith’s tong.
  4. Citasu = a flat metal plate.
  5. Vitasu (plural) = metal plates.
  6. Citasu ca totoka = thin metal plate.
  7. Vitasu via ku totoka ( plural) = thin metal plates.
  8. Ntsambo = wire.
  9. Zintsambo (plural) = wires.
  10. Ntsambo ya vutale = iron wire.
  11. Ntsambo ya vunengu = copper wire.
  12. Zintsambo zia zintsempe = barbed wires.
  13. Cikungo ca zintsempe = barbed metal.
  14. Vikungo via zintsempe (plural) = barbed metals.
  15. Ku tata = to beat a metal into a flat sheet or plate.
Common forging tools in Luchazi 

Types of metals and related phrases in Luchazi

Metal is a hard substance such as iron, steel, copper, or lead; or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat can travel.
  1. Mukoti = mine.
  2. Mukoti ua vunengu = copper mine.
  3. Mukoti ua palata = silver mine. Check Mbimbiliya (Bible) Job 28 v 1.
  4. Hinda = mine; dig.
  5. Cikungo = metal.
  6. Vutale = iron.
  7. Vunengu = copper.
  8. Palata = silver.
  9. Nkengelezi = bronze or brass.
  10. Olu = gold.
  11. Sitaniu = tin.
  12. Sumbu = lead.
  13. Nkungu = an earthly pigment containing ferric oxide, varying in colour from light yellow to brown or deep red.
  14. Mpemba = limestone.

Words and phrases related to craftsmanship in Luchazi

  1. Lutengo = smelter; smelting furnace.
  2. Muvandze = bellows.
  3. Ndenga = dross; impurity or scum on the surface of the molten metal.
  4. Zindenga (plural) = impurities or scums on the surface of the molten metal.
  5. Ntalavue = rust; layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid; scum; dross.
  6. Viniania = waste metal; dross 
  7. Coto ca zindopi = brickkiln.
  8. Timba = chop or strike with an axe.
  9. Ntsongi = carver; sculptor; potter.
  10. Mesele = craftsman; carpenter.
  11. Ku songa = to carve.
  12. Vungangula = craftsmanship; artisanship; workmanship.
  13. Ngangula = blacksmith; metal worker.
  14. Ngangula ya zintsindzo = instructer of artificer; forger of all implements. Check Mbimbiliya (Bible) Gen. 4:22.
  15. Songa = carve.
  16. Ku songa = to carve.
  17. Kufula = to forge.
  18. Hotola = to sharpen, hone, whet.
  19. Ku hotola = to sharpen; hone; whet.
  20. Vambuka = sharp or razor sharp.
  21. Ku vambuka = be sharp.
  22. Tsimua = blunt or not sharp.
  23. Ku tsimua = to be blunt or not sharp.
  24. Tumuna = polish.
  25. Ku tumuna = to polish.

Precious stones or gems in Luchazi 

Many names of precious stones are loanwords (borrowed words) from other languages. Here is a list of common precious stones names in Luchazi and their equivalent in English:
  1. Livue lia seho = precious stone.
  2. Mavue a seho (plural) = precious stones.
  3. Esemelanda = emerald.
  4. Kalembunkulu = carbuncle.
  5. Mbelilu = beryl.
  6. Ndiamante = diamond.
  7. Onikisi = onyx.
  8. Salendiu = Sardius.
  9. Safila = sapphire.
  10. Topasiu = topaz.
  11. Yasepe = jasper.

Luchazi proverb: Ca teta Njimbu na litemo ce ku soka. (That which the ax and the hoe cut is apt to grow).

Vulanguluisi: Omo yala (njimbu) na mpuevo yeni (litemo) va litavasiana ku panga na mutima umo, zintsimbu zia zingi vize vi va panga vi tantuluka kaha vi tuhuka mua cili.

Ku Hetesa: Omo vantu vavali va litavasiana mu ku panga va ka pasuka ku luholo.

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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