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 terms and phrases

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, plough.
7. Limunuina = plough between the already ploughed.
8. Kuna = plant.
9. Kununuina = plant seed in between that already planted.
10. Tombeka = plant especially stems.
11. Visoka = vegetation or plants that bear grains.
12. Ku zuza = to wither.
13. Kuva = sow.
14. Mbuto = seed or the unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant when sown or planted.
15. Zintui zia mamputu = pumpkin seeds.
16. Tukumuina = irrigate; to pour or sprinkle water on land or soil to assist in the growth of crops or plants; to pour water over plants.
17. Vuilo = manure (animal faeces), natural fertilizer, compost (fertilizer made from dead plants).
18. Ku ima mbuto = to produce or bear grains.
19. Ku ima mihako = to produce or bear fruits.
20. Soko = grow or cause (plants) to germinate and develop.
21. Ku soko = to grow or cause (plants) to germinate and develop.
22. Sokele = grew.
23. Sokesele = make grow.
24. Kolo = grow (of a living thing) or undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.
25. Ku kolo = to grow.
26. Tuikilila = sprout.
27. Ku tuikilila = to sprout.
28. Cisongo = blade of crop.
29. Cihungu = head or ear of corn.
30. Mbuto zia mahumpu = grains.
31. Mukandi = kernel.
32. Mikandi (plural) = kernels.
33. Nkuekue = husk.
34. Zinkuekue (plural) = husks.
35. Kutia = harvest or the process of gathering in crops, typically those that have been grown for food.
36. Ku hela = pluck or pick off. The act of harvesting fruit or fruit picking.
37. Lianda = bundle. Lianda lia valuku = bundle of finger millet.
38. 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.
39. Tombola = pull up by the roots.
40. Tukula = uproot or yank.
41. Vikelekele = weeds.
42. Visuasua = straw or stubbles.
43. Visoni = stubbles or straw.
44. Muila = grass.
45. Vulio = forage, pasture or plants eaten by grazing animals.
46. Vulilo = Pasture; land covered with grass and other lower plants suitable for grazing animals.
47. Tundzata = brambles.
48. Mungu = nettles.
49. Lalumuna = dust off; sprinkle.
50. Mpumputa = dust
51. Vingila = watch over.
52. Kulima = to cultivate.
53. Kutipa = to till or plough.
54. Cina = burrow.
55. Cipuku = pit
56. Miondongole = furrows.
57. Mitumbo or matumbo = soil heaps; soil mounds.
58. Litemo = hoe.
59. Vusito = hedge.
60. Ku saseya = the action of cutting small trees and bushes to the ground during farming field preparation.
61. Ku sendeka

Types of crops

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

Farm storage structures

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

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

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

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 waterbird raised for its meat and eggs.
4. Mapato (plural) = ducks or waterbirds 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

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.

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

Group names

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

Farm tools

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

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 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.