Travel and transport vocabulary in Luchazi to English

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Travel and transport vocabulary in Luchazi to English

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

General travel terms in Luchazi to English

  1. Enda = walk.
  2. Endesi = manner of walking or driving.
  3. Vuendesi = manner of walking or driving.
  4. Vungendzi = journey.
  5. Ku ya = go.
  6. Ku ya ca vuya = to go forever.
  7. Ku ya mu nyemba = to go on a journey.
  8. Mukua vungendzi = traveller.
  9. Vakua vungendzi (plural) = travellers.
  10. Mukua mahindi = swift or fast walker or runner.
  11. Niania ku mikono = swift or fast legs; swift or fast walk.
  12. Mukua ku livanga = the first to come or arrive.
  13. Mukua ku kotokela = the last to come or arrive; late comer.
  14. Ua livanga = you are early.
  15. Ua kotokela = you are late.
  16. Ku ya vulungi = to emigrate.
  17. Heta = arrive, attain.
  18. Ku vuyo = destination.
  19. Vuputukilo = the beginning.
  20. Vumanusuilo = the end.
  21. Londa = mount; board.
  22. Hita = pass.
  23. Hitangana noku noku = pass to and fro.
  24. Hita helu = pass over.
  25. Endesa = drive.
  26. Endesa lusi = drive fast.
  27. Livandeke = slow down.
  28. Lusi = speedily; swiftly.
  29. Vuasi = swiftly; speedily.
  30. Tsukuka = skip over.
  31. Mana = stop.
  32. Hiluka = come back; return.
  33. Funa = return.
  34. Ku lifuna = to return.
  35. Nji ka ya kuze kuntsa ka nji ka lifuna = I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
  36. Hungama = move out; drive out.
  37. Ku tambuoka = bounding.
  38. Ntsindo ya ku tsekengeya ca zinkuakua = the noise of the rattling of the wheel.
  39. Vuendangane = walk aimlessly.
  40. Ku-endangana = wandering.
  41. Cendangane = vagabond.
  42. Lumbuka = wander from home.
  43. Zambangela = to move from one place to another.
  44. Muhela ha ku huimina = a resting place.

Luchazi proverb: Ku ya vulungi, ku livanga, kazendze ua livangele lusiho (When you emigrate, start early; the cricket began early in the dry season).

Vulanguluisi: Nga u ya vulungi u na pande ku livanga linga u kale na ntsimbu ya ku tunga ndzivo hamo na ku viukisa mehia. Kazendze ue ku livanga mukemo u na pande ku mu tambuluisa mu vipanga viove.

Ku Hetesa: Kati u kale na vulenda cipue malanga nga u li na ku singanieka vutumbe vua kama.

Ground transportation in Luchazi to English

  1. Likalu = car; vehicle; cart.
  2. Makalu (plural) = cars or vehicles or carts.
  3. Mota = vehicle (used by Luchazi people in Zambia).
  4. Motoka = vehicle (mainly used by Luchazi people in Zambia)
  5. Nkuakua = wheel.
  6. Zinkuakua = wheels.
  7. Nkuakua = route; way; course.
  8. Livalo = rim.
  9. Mavalo (plural) = rims (Ezekiele 1:18).
  10. Mavalo a zinkuakua = rims of the wheels.
  11. Citasu ca ntando = number plate.
  12. Citasu ca konda ya likalu = number plate.
  13. Cendo = vehicle; chariot; caravan.
  14. Viendo (plural) = caravans; vehicles; chariots.
  15. Cendo ca makalu = convoy of vehicles or wagons; a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file); caravan.
  16. Cendo ca vamala = caravan of men.
  17. Cendo ca vimulu = caravan of donkeys.
  18. Cendo ca tumelu = caravan of camels.
  19. Ntuama ua cendo = leader of caravan; delegation leader.
  20. Mukua ku endesa likalu = driver.
  21. Vimbalati = a tong-like stick tool used for carrying luggage on the shoulder.
  22. Mukua ku endela ha kavalu = horse raider.
  23. Litemba = chariot.
  24. Matemba (plural) = chariots.
  25. Vitumbiko = wagons or carts.
  26. Kinga = bicycle; bike.
  27. Njinga = bicycle; bike.
  28. Viketa = saddle blankets.
  29. Seleyi = saddle.
  30. Tuta = transport; move things from one place to another.

Air transport and related words in Luchazi to English

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

Water transport and related words in Luchazi to English

  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. Vuato vua lusi = speedboat.
  5. Mato a lusi (plural) = speedboats.
  6. Cikasi = oar or a long pole with a flat broad blade at one end used for propelling or rowing a boat through the water.
  7. Vikasi (plural) = oars; long poles with flat blades used to row or steer a boat through the water.
  8. 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)
  9. Mbanku = thwart of the boat or canoe; a bench or crosspiece seat for a rower in a boat or canoe.
  10. Zimbanku (plural) = thwarts of the boats or canoes.
  11. Ku kasa = to row or to propel a boat by means of oars, an act of rowing.
  12. Mukua ku kasa vuato = rower or mariner.
  13. Vakua ku kasa mato (plural) = rowers or mariners.
  14. Ku sunga = to steer a boat, canoe, watercraft, or a ship.
  15. 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.
  16. Vakua ku sunga mato (plural) = sailors or pilots.
  17. Mu-ya-ndonga = a person who travels by river transport.
  18. Mukua ku zika vuato = calker.
  19. Tsakununa = pluck out.
  20. Sununa = launch a canoe/boat.
  21. Zavuka = cross.
  22. Zavula = ferry across.
  23. Zavukisa = cause to cross.
  24. Zavuisa = help to cross.
  25. Linema = shore.
  26. Ku ntunda = ashore.
  27. Hungumuka = drift.
  28. Mu sinia = other side.
  29. Ku sinia = this side.
  30. Mukulo = by the side; beside.
  31. Havuluka = subside; go down to lower level (water).
  32. Tepuluka = subside or recede.
  33. Zivilila = sink.
  34. Ku zivilila = to sink.
  35. Vomba = sink.
  36. Ku vomba = to sink.

Luchazi proverb: Mu-ya-ndonga, ka ve ku mu tumbuola; ivene a li mu njila (He who travels by river is not apt to be mentioned; he is on his way).

Vulanguluisi: Hamosi ngendzi a heta kaha na umo uahi na mu zimbula vunoni ikeye ivene a tantekeya vika nendela.

Ku Hetesa: Kuli vimosi vi hasa ku langulula nkala cuma. Cipue ku heta ca ngendzi kuli vimo vi a nendela kaha vize via nendela vi ka soloka.

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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