Kitchen vocabulary in Luchazi

Here is a list of common kitchen vocabulary in Luchazi and their meanings in English, categorized for easy learning:

Kitchen areas and features in Luchazi language

1. Ntsenge = kitchen; a place or room in a home in which food is prepared and cooked.
2. Coto = a space where a domestic fire is lite for cooking or heating.
3. Coto ca zindoho = stove.
4. Coto ca ku-ocela = oven or grill.
5. Vutala = shelf.
6. Hondo ya viakulia = food store.
7. Hondo ya ku tulikila = pantry.
8. Katambo = dish rack.
9. Likina = millstone.

Cookware in Luchazi language

1. Cikango = frying pan or a shallow pan with a long handle for frying food.
2. Vikango (plural) = frying pans.
3. Civela = kettle or urn or a container with a lid, spout and handle in which water is boiled.
4. Vivela (plural) = kettles or urns.
5. Ndoho = pot or any deep round container in which soups and stews are cooked.
6. Zindoho (plural) = pots.
7. Poto = large pot or cauldron.
8. Cifuiko = lid or cover of a vessel or container.
9. Vifuiko (plural) = lids; covers.
10. Cimamo = serving spoon.
11. Vimamo (plural) = serving spoons.
12. Ciko = cooking stick.
13. Viko (plural) = cooking sticks.

Kitchen utensils in Luchazi language

Here is a list of common kitchen utensils including traditional kitchen utensils and other items used to prepare or cook food in Luchazi language and their meanings in English. This includes all hand-held tools for cooking.

1. Citenga = utensil.
2. Vitenga (plural) = utensils.
3. Mpoko = Knife.
4. Zimpoko (plural) = knives.
5. Cini = mortar.
6. Vini (plural) = mortars.
7. Muisi = pestle.
8. Musalo = sieve.
9. Ku sala = to sieve.
10. Musalo ua kandanda = cylindrical reed sieve.
11. Lisehua = winnowing basket.
12. Ciseya = basin.
13. Viseya (plural) = basins.
14. Cienjo = bucket.
15. Vienjo (plural) = buckets.
16. Ntsuua = calabash.
17. Zintsuua (plural) = calabashes.
18. Ntsuua ya mukonga = a narrow-necked calabash.
19. Mbangu = bark barrel.
20. Ngululu = a cylindrical utensil made of inner bark fibre, open at both ends used for protecting meal flour from being blown away while sieving into a receptacle.
21. Cendeko = a large, wide bowl-like basket which can be used as a winnowing receptacle or for holding grain.

Tableware and traditional serve ware in Luchazi

1. Lilonga = plate.
2. Malonga (plural) = plates.
3. Vuma = chinaware; ceramic; earthen.
4. Lilonga lia vuma = chinaware plate or earthenware plate.
5. Malonga a vuma (plural) = chinaware plates or earthenware plates.
6. Cihele = a basket bowl made from fibre for holding or serving cooked food.
7. Vihele (plural) = basket bowls.
8. Cihele ca ntsala = a basket bowl made from fibre with a bottom stand.
9. Citaya = a gourd bowl.
10. Vitaya (plural) = gourd bowls.
11. Nguto = spoon.
12. Zinguto (plural) = spoons.
13. Ngalufu = fork.
14. Zingalufu (plural) = forks.
15. Vitenga mua ku nuina = drinking vessels.
16. Ngandza = cup.
17. Zingandza (plural) = cups.
18. Ngandza ya vuma = chinaware cup.
19. Zingandza zia vuma (plural)= chinaware cups
20. Ngandza ya ntavula = cup made from a gourd used to drink alcoholic beverages.
21. Ngandza ya linionge = a drinking cup made from a gourd.
22. Mulondo = clay jar.
23. Njava = jar.
24. Ntsazi = flask.
25. Ngalafua = bottle; leather bottle.
26. Luliva = brim.
27. Luliva lua ngandza = brim of a cup.

Tableware in Luchazi language

House upkeep terms and phrases in Luchazi

1. Cikombeso = broom.
2. Komba = sweep.
3. Kombolola = resweep.
4. Mpumputa = dust 
5. Sakumuna = shake dust off.
6. Mazilo = dirty.
7. Zukula = dump; pour down.
8. Mutombo = heap.
9. Mitumbo (plural) = heaps.
10. Mbila = throw out.
11. Mbila kuti = throw away.
12. Mbiziela = throw over and over again.
13. Lisima = water well.
14. Sua mema = draw water.
15. Muania = spill; pour.
16. Tila = pour out.
17. Kusa = wash.
18. Kusa malonga = wash the plates.
19. Nona = pick.
20. Haka = put or place in.
21. Zintsani = flowers.

Here are some insulting phrases used by Luchazi women when they drop a kitchen utensil:

1. Ntsundi yavo 
2. Zimbindu ziavo
3. Matako avo

I have always wondered why the older generation of Luchazi women used insulting phrases in the kitchen. If you a Luchazi and know something, please give the reason in the comments.