Warfare vocabulary in Luchazi

Here is a list of vocabulary related to warfare in Luchazi and their meanings in English:

General warfare terms and phrases in Luchazi

1. Mukua ndzita = person of war; man of war.
2. Ku lua = fight; combat; contend; the act of fighting or to engage in a struggle with conflict.
3. Ndzita = war; a prolonged and general conflict between two massed enemies or armies.
4. Zindzita (plural) = wars.
5. Ku lua ndzita = wage war.
6. Ku cisuhu ca ku livanga = in the first battle.
7. Ntsindo ya ndzita = sound of war.
8. Citozi = enemy.
9. Vitozi (plural) = enemies.
10. Vutozi = enmity.
11. Nkole = foe.
12. Niola = slay.
13. Tsiha = kill.
14. Ciyulo = peace.
15. Vukalo vua ciyulo = place of peace: peaceful habitation.
16. Miluua va ciyulo = ambassadors of peace; messengers of peace.
17. Pandulula = rescue; save.
18. Tina = flee.

Military terms in Luchazi

1. Lisualale = soldier.
2. Masualale (plural) = soldiers.
3. Sendinela = sentry.
4. Vasendinela = sentries.
5. Mikana = ranks.
6. Ndondzi = spy.
7. Vandondzi (plural) = spies.
8. Mukua ku lilemeka vitua = an armed person.
9. Vakua mata a lungusa = archers.
10. Vakua mata a tuhia = gunmen.
11. Vakua mata a ndu-ndu-ndu = riflemen.
12. Vuta vua ku nana = gun aimed at.
13. Mukua ntombo = marksman.
14. Vuntombo = marksmanship.
15. Noneka = post; station; position; mount; assign.
16. Masualale va ku noneka = posted or mounted or assigned soldiers.
17. Ku linoneka mu ku lua ndzita = position to battle.
18. Lisesa = permission; leave.
19. Mukua ku lua ndzita = fighter; warrior.
20. Vakua ku lua ndzita = fighters or warriors.
21. Mukua ku lilongesa ku lua ndzita = trainee fighter or warrior.
22. Vakua ku lilongesa ku lua ndzita (plural) = trained fighters or warriors.

Warfare tactics and strategies terms in Luchazi

1. Congisi = decoy.
2. Vuta vua congisi = gun decoy.
3. Vungami = stronghold; defence; security; place of security.
4. Vusendo = alliance; allied.
5. Vakua tusendo = people joined by an agreement or treaty; confederate; allies.
6. Nangula = warn.
7. Ku nanguka = to be alert.
8. Katukila = attack.
9. Ku katukila = to attack.
10. Vingila = watch over.
11. Mukua ku vingila = watchman.
12. Niunga = guard; take care.
13. Zingilika = surround; encircle. circle around.
14. Tutuntu = breaches; gaps in the defences or walls or barrier.
15. Cipuku ca matemba = trench.
16. Sondama = swoop down.
17. Vanda = hide.
18. Sueka = conceal.
19. Vusueke = hiding place.
20. Via ku suekesa = secrets.
21. Cisuekelo = hiding place; hideout.
22. Visuekelo (plural) = hiding places; hideouts.
23. Cikeketa = walk silently.
24. Niondelela = creep into; move quietly.
25. Puikila = run through; run against; plough through.
26. Sekula = drive away; chase away.
27. Vingila = watch over.
28. Niunga = guard or take care.
29. Tina = run away.
30. Pituka = escape.
31. Sevunuka = escape.
32. Ohiela or kuohiela = to save; rescue; defend.

Warfare weapons and equipment terms in Luchazi

1. Citua = weapon or any object used to kill or hurt people in a fight or war.
2. Vitua (plural) = weapons.
3. Vitua via kutsa = deadly weapons.
4. Vuta = gun.
5. Mata (plural) = guns.
6. Lita (augmentative) = large gun or cannon.
7. Cilianga = bullet.
8. Vilianga (plural) = bullets.
9. Vuta vua tuhia = firearm.
10. Vuta vua ndu-ndu-ndu = rifle.
11. Vuta vua ndzita = gun of war.
12. Vuta vua tuzila = airgun.
13. Vuta vua lungusa = bow.
14. Ngusa = bowstring.
15. Ntsonguavuta = tip of the bow.
16. Mungamba = lance.
17. Muvi = arrow.
18. Mivi (plural) = arrows.
19. Muvi ua ku sompoloka = a sharp arrow.
20. Likovio = a case or sheath.
21. Likovio lia mivi = a case or sheath for carrying arrows; quiver.
22. Vizalo via ndzita = clothing of war; military clothing.
23. Asa = throw at; hurl; pelt; bombard; toss.
24. Ku loya = to shoot.
25. Mukua ku loya = shooter.
26. Pilula = shoot; fire a gun; pull the trigger.
27. Piluka = detonate; set off.
28. Ku nana = to aim or point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target.
29. Ntombo = bullseye; target; a mark or point at which one fires or aims, especially a round or rectangular board marked with concentric circles used in archery or shooting.
30. Ciseteko ca ku piluila = target.
31. Mpoko = knife.
32. Njimbu = axe.
33. Mbalama = club.
34. Ntelo = shield.
35. Likunga = spear.
36. Mukuale = sword.
37. Vutuesi vua mukuale = edge of the sword.
38. Somona = draw out, pull out.
39. Somona mukuale = draw out or pull out the sword.
40. Cilombo = camp.
41. Ntalelo = watch tower.

Warfare outcomes and consequences terms in Luchazi

1. Vunongeso = destruction.
2. Vutsi = death.
3. Vundungo = bondage.
4. Vundzinda = captivity.
5. Vundzinga = imprisonment.
6. Ndzinga ua ndzita = prisoner of war.
7. Ku likela ndzita = ceasefire.
8. Yula = make peace.
9. Ku liyula = to make peace.
10. Ku liyula nova = to make peace with you.
11. Ciyulo = peace.
12. Vula = win or triumph.
13. Ku vula = to defeat; win.
14. Na vulu = he or she has won.
15. Hiana = excel or overcome.
16. Ku hiana = to excel; to overcome.
17. Tingula = defeat; conquer.
18. Ku pupa = pillage; war spoils; plunder.
19. Enieka = destroy.
20. Ku nonga = destruction.
21. Fungulula = occupy, especially land; possess land.
22. Vutinino = a place of refuge.
23. Kayando ka ndzita = suffering of war; grievousness of war.
24. Ku tsa mu ndzita = to be killed in war.