Tools and Metals vocabulary in Lucazi

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.
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. Kazolo = wick tong or trimmer; scissors.
13. Tuzolo (plural) = wick tongs or trimmers; scissors.
14. Cikele = scissors.
15. Cikele ca ku sondouesa = pruning shear.
16. Vikele via ku sondouesa = pruning shears.
17. Mpoko ya sondouesa pruning knife.
18. Zimpoko zia ku sondouesa pruning knives.
19. Njolo = hook 
20. Selalo = saw, handsaw,
21. Ziselalo = saws.
22. Palana = Jack plane.
23. Zipalana (plural) = Jack planes.
24. Pa = shovel.
25. Zipa (plural) = shovels.
26. Cisano = Mallet.
27. Hala = rake.
28. Mbeli = razor.
29. Mpoko = knife.
30. Cekese = sickle.
31. Mukole ua ku setekesa = measuring rope or tape.
32. Kompasu = compass.

Metalworking tools and related phrases

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 = 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.

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 (Job 28 v 1).
4. Cikungo = metal.
5. Vutale = iron.
6. Vunengu = copper.
7. Palata = silver.
8. Nkengelezi = bronze or brass.
9. Olu = gold.
10. Sitaniu = tin.
11. Sumbu = lead.

Words and phrases related to craftsmanship

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. Coto ca zindopi = brickkiln.
7. Timba = chop or strike with an axe.
8. Ntsongi = carver; sculptor; potter.
9. Mesele = craftsman; carpenter.
10. Ku songa = to carve.
11. Vungangula = craftsmanship; artisanship; workmanship.
12. Ngangula = blacksmith; metal worker.
13. Ngangula ua zintsindzo = forger of all implements.
14. Songa = carve.
15. Ku songa = to carve.
16. Kufula = to forge.
17. Hotola = to sharpen, hone, whet.
18. Ku hotola = to sharpen; hone; whet.
19. Vambuka = sharp or razor sharp.
20. Ku vambuka = be sharp.
21. Tsimua = blunt or not sharp.
22. Ku tsimua = to be blunt or not sharp.
23. Tumuna = polish.
24. Ku tumuna = to polish.

Precious stones or gems in Luchazi 

Many names of precious stones are 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.