Tools vocabulary: Luchazi to English

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Tools and Metals vocabulary: Luchazi to English

A tool is a device or implement, typically hand-held, used to carry out a particular function. These include construction, agricultural, metalworking, and sharpening tools. Below is a categorized list of Luchazi terms and their English meanings:

General tools: Luchazi to English

  1. Cinoma – Tool or iron tool.
  2. Cikundo – Handle of a spear or knife.
  3. Fosholo – Shovel (Loanword from Shona foshoro and Zulu ifosholo).
  4. Foshola / Shofola – To shovel; to take up and throw with a shovel.
  5. Hala – Rake (Derived from hala, meaning to scratch an itch).
  6. Kompasu – Compass (loanword).
  7. Likandu (pl. Makandu) – Mattock.
  8. Likuanga – File. (Check Mbimbiliya 1 Samuel 13:20-21)
  9. Litemo (pl. Matemo) – Hoe or coulter.
  10. Muhini – Handle of an axe or hoe.
  11. Mukole ua ku setekesa – Measuring rope or tape.
  12. Njolo – Hook.
  13. Njimbu (pl. Zinjimbu) – Axe.
  14. Njimbu ya mutaka – Hatchet; medium-sized axe; battle axe.
  15. Pa (pl. Zipa) – Shovel.
Common tools in Luchazi language 

Knives and Sharpening terms: Luchazi to English

  1. Cekese – Sickle.
  2. Cikele – Scissors.
  3. Cikele ca ku sondouesa (pl. Vikele via...) – Pruning shear.
  4. Hotola / Ku hotola – To sharpen, hone, or whet.
  5. Kavemba – Razor blade.
  6. Kazolo (pl. Tuzolo) – Wick tong, trimmer, or scissors.
  7. Kuengo – A large knife used in woodwork.
  8. Litale – Sharp knife made out of flint.
  9. Mbeli – Surgical razor for circumcision or shaving.
  10. Mbeli ya nteuli – Barber's razor.
  11. Mpoko – Knife.
  12. Mpoko ya litale (pl. Zimpoko zia matale) – Flint knife.
  13. Mpoko ya ku teuisa – Shaving knife.
  14. Mpoko ya sondouesa (pl. Zimpoko zia...) – Pruning knife.
  15. Mulanja – A large single-edged blade used for chopping (similar to a bolo knife).
  16. Tsimua / Ku tsimua – Blunt; not sharp.
  17. Tumuna / Ku tumuna – To polish.
  18. Vambuka / Ku vambuka – Sharp; razor sharp.
Common knives in Luchazi language

Woodworking tools and terms: Luchazi to English

  1. Cisano – Mallet.
  2. Kalulo – A large knife used in woodwork.
  3. Mesele – Craftsman or carpenter.
  4. Palana (pl. Zipalana) – Jack plane (Loanword).
  5. Selalo (pl. Ziselalo) – Saw or handsaw.
  6. Songa / Ku songa – To carve; to shape wood.
  7. Timba – To chop or strike with an axe.
Common woodworking tools in Luchazi

Metalworking tools and craftsmanship: Luchazi to English

  1. Cikungo ca zintsempe (pl. Vikungo via...) – Barbed metal.
  2. Citasu (pl. Vitasu) – Metal plate.
  3. Citasu ca ku totoka (pl. Vitasu via...) – Thin metal plate.
  4. Coto ca zindopi – Brickkiln.
  5. Tata – beat metal into a flat sheet.
  6. Ku tata – To beat metal into a flat sheet.
  7. Kufula – To forge.
  8. Lumana – Blacksmith’s tongs.
  9. Lutengo – Smelter or smelting furnace.
  10. Muvandze – Traditional bellows.
  11. Muveto – Hammer.
  12. Ndenga (pl. Zindenga) – Dross; impurity or scum on molten metal.
  13. Ngangula – Blacksmith or metal worker.
  14. Ngangula ya zintsindzo – Instructor of artificers; forger of implements.
  15. Ntalavue – Rust; scum; dross.
  16. Ntsambo (pl. Zintsambo) – Wire.
  17. Ntsambo ya vunengu – Copper wire.
  18. Ntsambo ya vutale – Iron wire.
  19. Ntsongi – Carver, sculptor, or potter.
  20. Nguyuyu – Rust.
  21. Viniania – Waste metal; dross.
  22. Vungangula – Craftsmanship; artisanship.
  23. Ziki – Anvil.
  24. Zintsambo zia zintsempe – Barbed wires.
Common forging tools in Luchazi 

Metals and Minerals: Luchazi to English

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. Cikungo – Metal.
  2. Hinda – To mine or dig.
  3. Mukoti – Mine.
  4. Mukoti ua vunengu – Copper mine.
  5. Mukoti ua palata – Silver mine.
  6. Mpemba – Limestone.
  7. Nkengelezi – Bronze or brass.
  8. Nkungu – Earthly pigment (ochre).
  9. Olu – Gold.
  10. Palata – Silver.
  11. Sitaniu – Tin.
  12. Sumbu – Lead.
  13. Vunengu – Copper.
  14. Vutale – Iron or flint.

Precious stones (Gems): Luchazi to English

Many names of precious stones are loanwords (borrowed words) from other languages. Here is a list e common precious stones names in Luchazi and their equivalent in English:
  1. Esemelanda – Emerald.
  2. Kalembunkulu – Carbuncle.
  3. Livue lia seho (pl. Mavue a...) – Precious stone.
  4. Mbelilu – Beryl.
  5. Ndiamante – Diamond.
  6. Onikisi – Onyx.
  7. Safila – Sapphire.
  8. Salendiu – Sardius.
  9. Topasiu – Topaz.
  10. Tulekeza / Visembi – Gems; beryl.
  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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