Hunting vocabulary in Luchazi

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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. Tusitu va vandende = small animals; small game animals.
  6. Tusitu va kama = big animals; big game.
  7. Ku ta = baiting.
  8. Ciyambi = hunter.
  9. Viyambi (plural) = hunters.
  10. Ciyambi ua ntombo = marksman; a crafty hunter or dexterous hunter or artful hunter.
  11. Yomba = hunt.
  12. Vuyambi = game hunting.
  13. Cinianga = hunter.
  14. Vunianga = game hunting.
  15. Mutambambi = great hunter; mighty hunter; giant hunter; Orion.
  16. Vuntombo = marksmanship.
  17. Mukua ku yeva = a person who does the game chase or stalking.
  18. Vakua ku yeva (plural) = game stalkers or chasers.
  19. Asa = shoot.
  20. Ku asa = to shoot.
  21. Loya = shoot.
  22. Ku loya = to shoot.
  23. Mukua ku loya = shooter.
  24. Nana = aim.
  25. Ku nana = to aim at.
  26. Loza = miss.
  27. Ku loza = to miss.
  28. Pilula = shoot; set off a trap.
  29. Ku pilula = to shoot; to set off a trap.
  30. Niola = slay, slaughter.
  31. Tuva = pierce, stab.
  32. Tuvanga = pierce again and again.
  33. Ku lavula = to catch game from the traps or snares.
  34. Ta = cast a trap or snare.
  35. Cina ca ku lova = deep ditch.
  36. 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.
The list to be continued.

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. Vusito = game fence.
  5. Vulimbue = birdlime.
  6. Ciliva = trap.
  7. Viliva (plural) = traps.
  8. Ngandzo = snare – a trap that uses a noose.
  9. Zingandzo = snares.
  10. Ngondzi = snare; trap.
  11. Zingondzi = snares or traps.
  12. Muheto = a flexible stick with a noose that bends over as a trap for animals or birds.
  13. Miheto (plural)
  14. Ntsiko = a fall-trap.
  15. Livumbu = game pit.
  16. Vumbu = game pit.
  17. Evela = drive or draw into a net or trap.
  18. Ku yeva = game chase or stalking.

Luchazi proverb: Ku nana ntsimbu; u ka asa mu cimbundi (If you aim for a long time you will shot a stump).

Vulanguluisi: Nga ciyambi a tokaho mu ku asela kasitu, hamosi uze kasitu a ka kala na ntsimbu ya ku tina kaha ciyambi a ka loza na ku asela cimbundi.

Ku Hetesa: Hangula vuasi kati u tokeho ha mankano.

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. Hovio = a portable case for holding arrows.
  17. Cikanda = sheath; scabbard.
  18. Ku lumbila = use the feathers on the arrow.
  19. Zimbalula = darts.
  20. 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. Cilandu = spoor; the track of an animal.
  5. Vulilo = Pasture; land covered with grass and other lower plants suitable for grazing animals; grazing or browsing – feeding behaviour (grass vs leaves).
  6. Vusaki = a thicket in which wild animals can hide.
  7. Lisua = nest.
  8. Lifundunguino = nest.
  9. Mukunku = trail; a track made by passage especially through a wilderness; a marked or established path or route especially through a forest or mountainous region.
  10. Mikunku (plural) = trails.

After the hunt and dressing terms 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 = torso.
  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.
  44. Malambo
  45. Mafutue

Luchazi proverb: Ha tua papuila njamba, hakeho ha sala mpoko (Where we butchered the elephant, that is where the knife was left).

Vulanguluisi: Mu ku panga cipanga ca kama cipua ca casi ku suva cuma ca cindende vutuhu ci li na seho ya kama. Cipue ha kele mulonga hamosi mulonga ka hule mukemo ku na sala mpoko.

Ku Hetesa: Seteka ku vuluka vize via kama via hitile kaha u ka hasa ku vuluka vize via vindende via lingiuile ha ntsimbu ize.

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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