Life and living terms and phrases in Luchazi

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Words and phrases describing life and living in Luchazi

Life and living" distinguishes between merely existing (being alive) and actively enjoying life with passion, purpose, and fulfillment. While "life" refers to the span of time between birth and death, "living" implies consciously making the most of that time by engaging with the world, seeking joy, and acting rather than just surviving. Here is a categorized vocabulary list related to life and living in Luchazi language and their meanings in English:

Life and living terms in Luchazi

  1. Mukua = breath.
  2. Muku ua muono = breath of life.
  3. Ku semuua = birth - the beginning of life.
  4. Kolo = grow (of a living thing) or undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.
  5. Ku kolo = to grow; growth – the physical or mental development.
  6. Himpuka= change; alter; modify; become something else.
  7. Litula = survival – continuing to live, especially in difficult conditions.
  8. Kapolua = purpose or goal.
  9. Kana = plan.
  10. Ku likanuuela = to plan; to have a purpose; to have a purpose – the reason for living.
  11. Ku likanuuela mu mutima = to plan or prepare in the heart.
  12. Muono = life; nature.
  13. Miono (plural) = lives.
  14. Nkuakua ya muono = the course of life; road of life; the course of nature; route of existence.
  15. Vuyoye = state of existence or survival; life; being.
  16. Yoya = live; survival.
  17. ku yoya mu vutupuke = to live in luxury.
  18. Vutupuke = luxury; dainty; delight.
  19. Mutoni = alive; (of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead; existence – the state of being alive; having life.
  20. Muntu mutoni = a living person.
  21. Kutona = be awake.
  22. Vulahe vua muono = lifespan; longevity.
  23. Citeli or citele = burden.
  24. Viteli or vitele (plural) = burdens.
  25. Lutsilielo = trust.
  26. Lulavelelo = hope.
  27. Citanga = problem; challenge.
  28. Vitanga (plural) = problems; challenges.
  29. Zakuoka = languished; fainted.
  30. Mangana = wisdom.
  31. Ndundzi ya mangana = fountain of wisdom.

Healthiness terms and phrases in Luchazi

  1. Cihindu = well-being; good health.
  2. Vukangule = soundness of the body; well-being; good health.
  3. Ua hinduka = are you well. Wellness.
  4. Vavala = sick; pain.
  5. Ku vavala = to be in pain.
  6. Ku vavala = to be sick; fall sick; unwell.
  7. Na vavala = he or she is unwell.
  8. Vindza = groan.
  9. Ku vindzuoka = to groan in pain; stress.
  10. Vuzeye = weakness; feebleness.
  11. Kuzeya = weakness; to be weak.
  12. Niomua = impotent; weak; incapacitated.
  13. Hongua = become progressively weaker and more emaciated; waste away.
  14. Ku hokama na ndzala = to become thin or emaciated due to lack of food.
  15. Tutumuisa = take a break or relief.
  16. Cihuihui = grasp.
  17. Huilila na cihuihui = grasping for breath.
  18. Huimangana na cihuihui = pant for breath.
  19. Senguluka = paleness.

Luchazi proverb: Menekela mukuenu; vuvezi vu enda vutsiki (Visit your friend early in the morning; illness walks in the night).

Vulanguluisi: Ku vavala ce ku tu uana ha kati ka vutsiki mukemo ca cili ku meneka kavusamba na ku tantekeya cihindu ceni cimene. Kati u pue mukua malanga.

Ku Hetesa: Fuitangana vipanga viove cimenemene omo u ci li na ntsimbu hamo na cihindu muomu via vingi vi hasa ku tu solokela vutsiki.

Death terms and phrases in Luchazi

  1. Tsa = die.
  2. Ku-tsa = to die; death.
  3. Ku-tsa ceni ci li ku hiehi = his death is near.
  4. Malungila a ku-tsa = long for death.
  5. Ku suma lipayi = to bite the blanket (an expression that means 'to die').
  6. Vutsi = death ; mortality; extinction.
  7. Nonga = pass away; perish; destruction.
  8. Via-ku-tsa = funeral.
  9. Ndzivo ya via-ku-tsa = funeral parlour or house.
  10. Ndzivo ya ku tulika vatsi = mortuary; morgue.
  11. Ndzivo ya ku zekela vivimbi = charnel house; a building in which corpses or bones are piled.
  12. Hondo ya tufunde = chapel of rest; an undertaker's mortuary.
  13. Kafunde = undertaker; burier; one who buries; burial attendant.
  14. Tufunde (plural) = undertakers; burial crew.
  15. Vutsindo = burial.
  16. Vusuana = Inheritance.
  17. Mutsi = dead person; deceased.
  18. Vatsi (plural) = dead people.
  19. Vimbembesi via vatsi = spirits of the dead.
  20. Civimbi = corpse.
  21. Vivimbi (plural) = corpses.
  22. Ku saka civimbi = emblem.
  23. Cikasa ca mutsi = coffin; casket
  24. Vuhango = bier; frame on which a corpse or coffin is placed before burial.
  25. Vakua ku ambata vuhango = pallbearers.
  26. Mumbo = tomb; grave.
  27. Cihilo = grave; a hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or corpse.
  28. Vihilo (plural) = graves.
  29. Vukalo vua vatsi = place of the dead; sheol.
  30. Tsinda = bury; put to rest.
  31. Tiavelela = cremation.
  32. Ku tiavelela ca civimbi = to burn the body of the deceased; cremation.
  33. Kaha va hetele Yavese, na ku va tiavelela... (1 Samuel 31:12).
  34. Kaha Omo kavusoko ka muntu a ka mu kuata, uze vene a ka mu tiavelela... (Amos 6:10).
  35. Tsisa = be bereaved; bereavement.
  36. Na tsisa = be bereaved. Example: na tsisa yalieni = she has lost her husband/ has been bereaved of her husband.
  37. Mbumbo = sepulchre; grave mounds.
  38. Zimbumbo = sepulchres.
  39. Muhela ua vutsindo = a grave site; a burial site; cemetery.
  40. Mbozo = the ruins of the house (especially a deceased person).
  41. Kanonga = memorial.

Luchazi proverb: Kasekele ka mu Kavangu, ha tsila ka tu ka uanaho citsiha (The San person of the Kavangu River, where he dies we don't find a bone).

Vulanguluisi: Kasekele ua kala ku ndonga Kuvangu kaha omo umo uavo a tsa, a tsa ngoco ke ku sila vimosi, cipue citsiha ku vakuavo.

Ku Hetesa: Yoya muono uove na mana linga omo u tsa vantu va ka ku lilila na ku vuluka via cili hali ove.
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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