Vocabulary for roads and pathways in Luchazi

Here are some words in Luchazi language that are used to describe road, pathways and their meanings in English:

General terms for roads and pathways in Luchazi

1. Vuputukilo = the beginning.
2. Vumanusuilo = the end.
3. Vuhitilo = passageway.
4. Vukovelelo = entry point.
5. Vutuhukelo = exit point.
6. Ku mukulo ua njila = by the wayside.
7. Ku mukulo ua tapalo = by the street side.
8. Ku mukulo ua mukuakua = by the roadside.
9. Ha kati ka njila = in the middle of the way (or pathway).
10. Ha kati ka tapalo = in the middle of the street.
11. Ha kati ka mukuakua = in the middle of the road.
12. Ha kati-kati ka njila = in the midst of the way (or pathway).
13. Ha kati-kati ka tapalo = in the midst of the street.
14. Ha kati-kati ka mukuakua = in the midst of the road.
15. Fuma mu njila = get out of the way.
16. Fumenu mu njila = get out of the way.
17. Ongoloka = give way.
18. Ongolokenu mu njila = give way; turn aside out of the way.
19. Matapelo a na seka = the streets are dangerous or the streets lie waste.
20. Mankano = concourse; a place where pathways or roads meet.
21. Ngongosi = bitumen; tar; pitch; asphalt.

Types of roads and pathways in Luchazi

There are many different types of roads and paths that people use for travel and transportation in their daily life.

1. Mukuakua = road; a wide, long piece of hard ground built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one to the other.
2. Mikuakua (plural) = roads.
3. Likunkula = a wide path used by many people.
4. Kunkuvuko = highway.
5. Njila = Path, trodden way; a way or track laid down for walking or made by continual treading.
6. Zinjila (plural) = paths.
7. Kasosuanjila = footpath; a narrow path for walkers only; a path especially in the countryside, for walking on.
8. Tusosuanjila (plural) = footpaths.
9. Kasosuanjila ka ku ala mavue = pavement.
10. Tusosuanjila tua ku ala mavue (plural) = pavements.
11. Tapalo = street; a public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides.
12. Matapalo (plural) = streets.
13. 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.
14. Mikunku (plural) = trails.
15. Mankano a mukuakua = head of the road; the fork of the road.
16. Cavu = bridge.
17. Viavu (plural) = bridges.
18. Ngunja = tunnel.
19. Zingunja (plural) = tunnels.

Road signs and signals in Luchazi

1. Ntaka = waymark or a symbol or signpost marking the route of a footpath.
2. Zintaka (plural) = waymarks; road marks.
3. Ntaka ya ku mana = stop markings.
4. Zintaka ha ku zombokela = pedestrian crossing markings.
5. Muinikilo = directional arrow.
6. Cimueso = sign or mark.
7. Citantekeyeso = sign.
8. Cimueso ca ku mana = stop sign.
9. Cimueso ca njila imo = One-way sign
10. Cimueso ca vutuhukelo = exit signa
11. Cimueso ca vukovelelo = entry sign.
12. Ceke = light.
13. Vieke (plural) = lights.
14. Viakula = flash
15. Ku viakula = Flashing lights.
16. Hiatula = flash.
17. Ku hiatula = to flash.
18. Hiatuisa = to make it flash
19. Vuvalala = state of being dim.
20. Tsitsivala = dim.