Farm vocabulary in Luchazi

This refers to words and phrases related to farming, agriculture, livestock. Here is a list of common farm-related terms:

General farming terms in Luchazi

1. Ndimi = farmer.
2. Lihia = farm or farming field; an area of open land where plants or crops are grown for food.
3. Muhaka = garden or a piece of land used for growing vegetables.
4. Cipalo = marked boundary; a physical marker that indicates the start or change of a land boundary.
5. Livu = soil.
6. Lima = cultivate; till; plough.
7. Vulime = tillage.
8. Limunuina = plough between the already ploughed.
9. Kuna = plant.
10. Kununuina = plant seed in between that already planted.
11. Tombeka = plant especially stems.
12. Visoka = vegetation or plants that bear grains.
13. Vusuka = crops; produce.
14. Ku zuza = to wither.
15. Kuva = sow.
16. Mbuto = seeds or the units of reproduction of flowering plants, capable of developing into another such plants when sown or planted. Example: mbuto zia vielu (groundnut seeds), mbuto zia mundele (maize seeds).
17. Zintui zia mamputu = pumpkin seeds.
18. Tukumuna = irrigate; pour or sprinkle water.
19. Tukumuina = irrigation; to pour or sprinkle water on land or soil to assist in the growth of crops or plants; to pour water over plants.
20. Vuilo = manure (animal faeces), natural fertilizer, compost (fertilizer made from dead plants).
21. Ku ima mbuto = to produce or bear grains.
22. Ku ima mihako = to produce or bear fruits.
23. Soko = grow or cause (plants) to germinate and develop.
24. Ku soko = to grow or cause (plants) to germinate and develop.
25. Sokele = grew.
26. Sokesele = make grow.
27. Kolo = grow (of a living thing) or undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.
28. Ku kolo = to grow.
29. Tuikilila = sprout.
30. Ku tuikilila = to sprout.
31. Ku linda = to wind around the stem or main truck of the plant.
32. Kutia = harvest or the process of gathering in crops, typically those that have been grown for food.
33. Ku-zungula = threshing; the process of separation of grain from the stalk on which it developed and from the chaff or unit that covers it.
34. Ndzungula
35. ku kela = harvest grain crops such as wheat, rice.
36. ku kela makania = harvest tobacco.
37. Ku hela = pluck or pick off. The act of harvesting fruit or fruit picking.
38. Ku hela makania = plucking of tobacco leaves.
39. Lianda = bundle. Lianda lia valuku = bundle of finger millet.
40. Tomona = pluck or pull off a fruit, flower, or leaf by taking it between your fingers and pull it in order to remove it from its stalk or branch or tree where it is growing.
41. Tombola = pull up by the roots.
42. Tukula = uproot or yank.
43. Vikelekele = weeds.
44. Visuasua = straw or stubbles.
45. Visoni = stubbles or straw.
46. Muila = grass.
47. Vulio = forage, pasture or plants eaten by grazing animals.
48. Vulilo = Pasture; land covered with grass and other lower plants suitable for grazing animals.
49. Vulilo vua ku tontola = green pastures.
50. Tundzata = brambles.
51. Mungu = nettles.
52. Lalumuna = dust off; sprinkle.
53. Mpumputa = dust
54. Vingila = watch over.
55. Kulima = to cultivate.
56. Kutipa = to till or plough.
57. Cina = burrow.
58. Cipuku = pit
59. Miondongole = furrows.
60. Mitumbo or matumbo = soil heaps; soil mounds.
61. Litemo = hoe.
62. Vusito = hedge.
63. Ku saseya = the action of cutting small trees and bushes to the ground during farming field preparation.
64. Ku sendeka
65. kuyauila = weeding.
66. Ku vavula = early burning around the farming fields to create firebreaks.

Types of crops in Luchazi

1. Mundele = maize.
2. Lipungu or pungu = multi-coloured heirloom African corn.
3. Valuku = finger millet.
4. Masangu = bulrush millet.
5. Masa = sorghum.
6. Tiliku = wheat.
7. Nijela = spelt grain; fitches grain.
8. Vielu via ndongo = groundnuts.
9. Makunde = beans.
10. Vipoke = cowpeas.
11. Vielu via kaseke = vigna substerranea; also known as Bambara ground-beans.
12. Muandza = cassava.
13. Musambe = sweet potatoes
14. Tuvanja = sweet potatoes.
15. Mutete = roselle.
16. Zindzilo = African green eggplants.
17. Vimatia = tomatoes.
18. Sapola = onions.
19. Tulumingo = garlic.
20. Zindungu = chili peppers.
21. Kahombo = scotch bonnet chili pepper.
22. Kanike uasina = African bird eye chili pepper.
23. Lihapua = watermelon.
24. Mahapua (plural) = watermelons.
25. Litanda or Melau = melon.
26. Matanda or Vimelau = melons.
27. Litanda lia kambiambia = Cucumis melo or winter melon.
28. Matanda a kambiambia (plural) = Cucumis melos or winter melons.
29. Litiva = edible gourd or squash.
30. Mativa (plural) = edible gourds.
31. Limputu = pumpkin.
32. Mamputu (plural) = pumpkins.
33. Makania = tobacco.
34. Liamba = marijuana; cannabis.

Parts of a maize plant in Luchazi

1. Cisongo = blade of crop; leaf.
2. Cihungu = head or ear of corn.
3. Mbuto zia mahumpu = grains.
4. Mukandi = kernel.
5. Mikandi (plural) = kernels.
6. Nkuekue = husk; the green leafy layer that we peel back.
7. Zinkuekue (plural) = husks.
8. Cikundi = cob; corncob; the central cylindrical woody part of the maize ear to which the grains are attached.
9. Vikundi (plural) = cobs; corncobs.
10. Ntsala = tassel.

Parts of a maize plant in Luchazi language

Farm storage structures in Luchazi

1. Cisete = barn.
2. Visete (plural) = barns.
3. Cikoloyi = a permanent storage structure for crops after harvest.
4. Vikoloyi (plural) = permanent storage structures for crops after harvest.
5. Cipundo = temporary storage structure at the farming field.
6. Vipundo (plural) = temporary storage structure at the farming field.

Common farm animals in Luchazi

1. Vimuna = livestock; domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting.
2. Ngombe = ox.
3. Citole = cow, heifer or a mature, female bovine are raised for milk, meat (beef) and hides (leather).
4. Kavalu = horse.
5. Cimulu = donkey.
6. Mpembe = goat.
7. Vampembe (plural) = goats.
8. Muana mpembe = kid.
9. Vana mpembe (plural) = kids.
10. Mpanga = sheep.
11. Vampanga (plural) = sheep.
12. Muana mpanga = lamb.
13. Vana mpanga (plural) = lambs.
14. Ngulu = pig.
15. Vangulu (plural) = pigs.
16. Kalumba = rabbit.
17. Tulumba (plural) = rabbits.
18. Nkuzi = bull or a mature, male bovine that are raised for meat (beef) and hides (leather).
19. Vankuzi (plural) = bulls.
20. Vankuzi vangombe = mature, male bovine.
21. Nkomba = male animal.
22. Luhavo = female animal.
23. Cizamba = ram or a male sheep.

Words related to animals in Luchazi

1. Cituto = paw.
2. Vituto = paws.
3. Zintsende = hooves.
4. Mucila = tail.
5. Mianga = wag; swing the tail.
6. Zimbinga = horns.
7. Mukambo = yoke.
8. Muhompo = snout.
9. Cilambu = animal skin.
10. Vutanga = flock.
11. Matanga (plural) = flocks.
12. Limba = kraal.
13. Kaniungi = herdsman, herder or shepherd.
14. Nkomba = male animal.
15. Luhavo = female animal.
16. Ku kamuna = to milk the cow.

Common farm birds in Luchazi

1. Kasumbi = chicken or a domestic fowl bred for its flesh and eggs.
2. Tusumbi (plural) = chickens or domestic fowls bred for their flesh and eggs.
3. Lipato = duck or a water bird raised for its meat and eggs.
4. Mapato (plural) = ducks or water birds raised for their meat and eggs.
5. Ntsintsi = goose.
6. Vantsintsi (plural) = geese.
7. Ntento = quail.
8. Vantento = quails.
9. Livembe = pigeon.
10. Mavembe (plural) = pigeons.
11. Nkanga = guineafowl.
12. Vankanga (plural) = guineafowls.
13. Nkumbua = ostrich. (The name “nkumbua” can be found in many verses of the Mbimbiliya (the Luchazi bible). “Mavava a nkumbua a fuakuluka mu ku lihalesa.” (the wings of the ostrich flaps proudly) ~ Yombi (Job) 39: 13).
14. Niamalanda = ostrich. Other sections of the Luchazi people call it as niamalanda.
15. Ndemba = male bird; rooster.
16. Kutambeka = crow.
17. Cali = female bird or hen.
18. Kukeketa = cluck.
19. Camba = chicken coop; poultry house.

Domesticated birds in Luchazi language

Beekeeping terms in Luchazi

1. Beehive = ngoma.
2. Ku pamba ngoma = to make a beehive from a tree bark.
3. Ku sosa = the action of putting the beehive up the tree.
4. Lisoso = a long rope used to take the beehive up the tree.
5. Lifuliko lia ngoma
6. Ngoma i li a mualati = the beehive is up a tree and hanged in the fork of branches.
7. Musenge ua vufumpu = forest or bush of 'vufumpu'.
8. Ntsani ya nkuve = flower of 'nkuve'.
9. Tsentsentse
10. Chinyundu
11. Bee = mpuka.
12. Vuci = honey.
13. Cisila = honeycomb.
14. Sela = wax.

Types of honey:

1. Vuci vua mpuka = honey made by bees.
2. Vuci vua mase.
3. Vuci vua mala.
4. Vuci vua malianda.
5. Vuci vua tu-mbulumbulu.
6. Vuci vua matambi.

Group animal names in Luchazi

1. Ndzema = swarm.
2. Ndzema ya Vampuka = swarm of bees.
3. Zindzema = swarms.
4. Vutanga = flock.
5. Matanga (plural) = flocks.
6. Lihuma = group of birds.

Farm tools in Luchazi

1. Njimbu = axe.
2. Zinjimbu (plural) = axes.
3. Litemo = hoe, coulter.
4. Matemo (plural) = hoes, coulters.
5. Cikekele = plough.
6. Cikuniso = planter.
7. Cikuvilo = seed holder used in sowing; a traditional gourd bowl used in sowing seeds.

Types of farms in Luchazi

1. Mihanda = new farming fields.
2. Ciseve = a one-year-old farming field.
3. Cimbete = a two-year old farming field.
4. Lihia = farm or farming field; an area of open land where plants or crops are grown for food.
5. Lihia lia ndemba = a farming field managed by a husband for feeding his extended family.
6. Mehia a ndemba (plural) = farming fields managed by husbands for feeding their extended family members.
7. Muhaka = garden or a piece of land used for growing vegetables.
8. Lihia lia viniu = vineyard.
9. Citungu ca miti ya mihako = orchard; a piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees.