Hunting vocabulary in Luchazi

Here is a list of useful words related to the activity of hunting in Luchazi language and their meanings in English:

General hunting terms in Luchazi language

1. Kasitu = animal.
2. Tusitu (plural) = animals.
3. Kasitu ua ku musenge = game animal; wild animal.
4. Tusitu va ku musenge (plural) = game animals; wild animals.
5. Ku ta = baiting.
6. Ciyambi = hunter.
7. Viyambi (plural) = hunters.
8. Yomba = hunt.
9. Vuyambi = game hunting.
10. Cinianga = hunter.
11. Vunianga = game hunting.
12. Mukua ku yeva = a person who does the game chase or stalking.
13. Vakua ku yeva (plural) = game stalkers or chasers.
14. Asa = shoot.
15. Ku asa = to shoot.
16. Loya = shoot.
17. Ku loya = to shoot.
18. Mukua ku loya = shooter.
19. Nana = aim.
20. Ku nana = to aim at.
21. Loza = miss.
22. Ku loza = to miss.
23. Pilula = shoot; set off a trap.
24. Ku pilula = to shoot; to set off a trap.
25. Niola = slay, slaughter.
26. Tuva = pierce, stab.
27. Tuvanga = pierce again and again.
28. Ku lavula = to catch game from the traps or snares.
29. Ta = cast a trap or snare.
30. Cina ca ku lova = deep ditch.
31. Cipuku ca ku kumbama = narrow pit.

Types of game animals in Luchazi language

1. Njamba = elephant.
2. Cimanda = rhinoceros or rhino.
3. Nguvu = hippopotamus or hippo.
4. Kakuhu = giraffe.
5. Ngolo = zebra.
6. Mpakasa = cape buffalo.
7. Combo = wild pig; wild boar; bush pig.
8. Cihengi = warthog.
9. Ntsonge = lechwe.
10. Kalumba = rabbit or hare.
11. Mbambi = duiker.
12. Mpulu = wildebeest.
13. Ntiengu = roan antelope.
14. Ciningi = porcupine.
15. Ntsanda = honey badger.
16. Ntonto = mouse lemur.

Hunting methods and techniques in Luchazi

1. Likanzo = communal; group hunting; driving – a group tactic where some hunters push animals toward others.
2. Makandzo (plural) = game drives.
3. Mungongo = game drive.
4. Vulimbue = birdlime.
5. Ciliva = trap.
6. Viliva (plural) = traps.
7. Ngandzo = snare – a trap that uses a noose.
8. Zingandzo = snares.
9. Ngondzi = snare; trap.
10. Zingondzi = snares or traps.
11. Muheto = a flexible stick with a noose that bent over as a trap for animals or birds.
12. Miheto (plural)
13. Ntsiko = a fall-trap.
14. Livumbu = game pit.
15. Vumbu = game pit.
16. Ku yeva = game chase or stalking.

Hunting weapons and equipment in Luchazi 

1. Mpoko = knife.
2. Njimbu = axe.
3. Likunga = spear
4. Vuta = gun.
5. Vuta vua tuhia = firearm.
6. Vuta vua ndu-ndu-ndu = rifle.
7. Vuta vua tuzila = airgun.
8. Vuta vua lungusa = bow.
9. Ngusa = bowstring.
10. Ntsonguavuta = tip of the bow.
11. Mungamba = lance.
12. Muvi = arrow.
13. Mivi (plural) = arrows.
14. Likovio = a case or sheath.
15. Likovio lia mivi = a case or sheath for carrying arrows; a quiver.
16. Cikanda = sheath; scabbard.
17. Ku lumbila = use the feathers on the arrow.
18. Zimbalula = darts.
19. Fisika = sling.

Animal behaviour and signs in Luchazi language

1. Vucindilo = rutting area during mating season.
2. Tuzi = Scat – animal droppings
3. Vukoso = bedding area – where animals rest or sleep.
4. Vulilo = Pasture; land covered with grass and other lower plants suitable for grazing animals; grazing or browsing – feeding behaviour (grass vs leaves).
5. Vusaki = a thicket in which wild animals can hide.
6. Lisua = nest.
7. Lifundunguino = nest.

After the hunt and dressing in Luchazi language

1. Papuola = quartering – cutting game into manageable pieces for transportation.
2. Ku vula = to skin the animal.
3. Ku uvila ha mefo = to skin an animal on the top of leaves.
4. Cilambu = animal skin.
5. Vilambu (plural) = animal skins.
6. Vavula = singe; a slight scorching, burn the hairs (or bristles) of the animal carcass to prepare it for cooking.
7. ku vavula = to singe.
8. Mbinga = animal horn.
9. Zimbinga (plural) = animal horns.
10. Citsiha = bone.
11. Vitsiha (plural) = bones.
12. Chipunga = cannon bone.
13. Mpati = rib.
14. Zimpati (plural) = ribs.
15. Via muzimo = tripe meat; organs from an animal; offals.
16. Vufuati = refuse.
17. Lisuli = liver.
18. Niangua = gallbladder.
19. Zintso = kidneys.
20. Mila = intestines.
21. Masapala = lungs.
22. Likangalivu = trachea.
23. Mutima = heart.
24. Mbelama = pancreas.
25. Ntsitu = meat; animal or bird flesh.
26. Mpindi ya ntsitu = piece or portion of meat.
27. Musuni = steak.
28. Mazi = fat.
29. Cipuka = piece of meat; chunk of meat.
30. Vipuka (plural) = pieces of meat; chunks of meat.
31. Cimpindakati = torse.
32. Teta = cut.
33. Ku teta = to cut.
34. Ku teta-teta = to cut one piece after another.
35. Ku tetanga = to cut the animal in pieces.
36. Timba = chop.
37. Aneka = spread out in the sun to dry.
38. Tungika = smoke.
39. Ku tungika = to smoke the meat.
40. Kakuta = bundle.
41. Cikuta ca ntsitu = a bundle or bunch of dried meat.
42. Zimbinga zia njamba = ivory.
43. Mazo a njamba = ivory.