Travel and transport vocabulary in Luchazi

Travel and transport vocabulary in Luchazi language

Here is a list of vocabulary for travel and transport in Luchazi language and their meanings in English.

General travel terms in Luchazi language

1. Vungendzi = journey.
2. Mukua vungendzi = traveller.
3. Vakua vungendzi (plural) = travellers.
4. Ku ya vulungi = to emigrate.
5. Heta = arrive, attain.
6. Ku vuyo = destination.
7. Vuputukilo = the beginning.
8. Vumanusuilo = the end.
9. Londa = mount; board.
10. Hita helu = pass over.
11. Endesa = drive.
12. Endesa lusi = drive fast.
13. Livandeke = slow down.
14. Lusi = speedily; swiftly.
15. Vuasi = swiftly; speedily.
16. Ku tambuoka = bounding.
17. Ntsindo ya ku tsekengeya ca Zinkuakua = the noise of the rattling of the wheel.
18. Vuendangane = walk aimlessly.
19. Zambangela = to move from one place to another.
20. Muhela ha ku huimina = a resting place.

Ground transportation in Luchazi language 

1. Likalu = Car or vehicle or cart.
2. Makalu (plural) = cars or vehicles or carts.
3. Nkuakua = Wheel.
4. Zinkuakua = Wheels.
5. Cendo = vehicle; chariot; caravan.
6. Ntuama ua cendo = leader of caravan.
7. Vimbalati = a tong-like stick tool used for carrying luggage on the shoulder.
8. Litemba = chariot.
9. Matemba (plural) = chariots.
10. Vitumbiko = wagons or carts.
11. Kinga = bicycle; bike.
12. Njinga = bicycle; bike.
13. Viketa = saddle blankets.
14. Seleyi = saddle.

Air transport and related words in Luchazi 

1. Fulai = aeroplane or aircraft or spacecraft.
2. Pululuka = fly away.
3. Ku pulula = to fly.
4. Mukua ku pulula fulai = pilot or a person who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft.
5. Vakua ku pulula fulai (plural) = pilots.
6. Cana ca fulai = airfield; airport.
7. Ku tenga = soar.
8. Ku tula = to land.

Water transport and related words in Luchazi 

1. Vuato = boat, watercraft or canoe (a light narrow boat with both ends sharp that is usually propelled by paddling).
2. Mato (plural) = boats or canoes.
3. Liato = big boat, watercraft, or ship.
4. Cikasi = oar or a long pole with a flat broad blade at one end used for propelling or rowing a boat through the water.
5. Vikasi (plural) = oars; long poles with flat blades used to row or steer a boat through the water.
6. Cilapo = paddle or a usually wooden implement that has a long handle and a broad flattened blade and that is used to propel and steer a small craft (as a canoe)
7. Mbanku = thwart of the boat or canoe; a bench or crosspiece seat for a rower in a boat or canoe.
8. Zimbanku (plural) = thwarts of the boats or canoes.
9. Ku kasa = to row or to propel a boat by means of oars, an act of rowing.
10. Mukua ku kasa vuato = rower or mariner.
11. Vakua ku kasa mato (plural) = rowers or mariners.
12. Ku sunga = to steer a boat, canoe, watercraft, or a ship.
13. Mukua ku sunga vuato = sailor or pilot; a helmsman or one employed to steer a ship; a person who is qualified and usually licensed to conduct a ship into and out of a port or in specified waters.
14. Vakua ku sunga mato (plural) = sailors or pilots.
15. Mukua ku zika vuato = calker.
16. Tsakununa = pluck out.
17. Sununa = launch a canoe/boat.
18. Zavuka = cross.
19. Zavula = ferry across.
20. Zavukisa = cause to cross.
21. Zavuisa = help to cross.
22. Linema = shore.
23. Ku ntunda = ashore.
24. Hungumuka = drift.
25. Mu sinia = other side.
26. Ku sinia = this side.
27. Mukulo = by the side; beside.
28. Havuluka = subside; go down to lower level (water).
29. Tepuluka = subside or recede.
30. Zivilila = sink.
31. Ku zivilila = to sink.
32. Vomba = sink.
33. Ku vomba = to sink.