Warfare vocabulary in Luchazi

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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. Vakua ndzita (plural) = persons of war.
  3. Lua = fight; combat; contend; the act of fighting or to engage in a struggle with conflict.
  4. Ku lua = to fight; to contend or combat.
  5. Luila = fight for.
  6. Ndzita = war; a prolonged and general conflict between two massed enemies or armies.
  7. Zindzita (plural) = wars.
  8. Ku lua ndzita = to wage war.
  9. Ku cisuhu ca ku livanga = in the first battle.
  10. Ntsindo ya ndzita = sound of war.
  11. Kasintsa ka ndzita = alarm of war.
  12. Tusintsa tua ndzita (plural) = alarms of war.
  13. Ku-halela = battle call; war-shout; verbal rebuke; rout; attack; assault.
  14. Citozi = enemy.
  15. Vitozi (plural) = enemies.
  16. Vutozi = enmity.
  17. Nkole = foe.
  18. Niola = slay.
  19. Tsiha = kill.
  20. Ciyulo = peace.
  21. Vukalo vua ciyulo = place of peace: peaceful habitation.
  22. Miluua va ciyulo = ambassadors of peace; messengers of peace.
  23. Pandulula = rescue; save.
  24. Tina = flee.
  25. Sisisa = brandish; wield.
  26. Sisisa mu mukuale = brandish a sword.
  27. Vamala va ku simpa = men of valour.
  28. Helengendza makunga = shaking the spears.

Military terms and phrases in Luchazi

  1. Vusualale = military.
  2. Lisualale = soldier.
  3. Masualale (plural) = soldiers.
  4. Sendinela = sentry.
  5. Vasendinela = sentries.
  6. Kakuniungu = guard; watchman.
  7. Tukuniungu (plural) = guards; watchmen.
  8. Mikana = rows; ranks; legions.
  9. Ndondzi = spy.
  10. Vandondzi (plural) = spies.
  11. Mukua ku lilemeka vitua = an armed person.
  12. Vakua mata a lungusa = archers.
  13. Vakua mata a tuhia = gunmen.
  14. Vakua mata a ndu-ndu-ndu = riflemen.
  15. Ku asa na vuta = to shoot with a gun.
  16. Vuta vua ku nana = gun aimed at.
  17. Sungika mivi = aim or bend the bow to shoot.
  18. Mukua ntombo = marksman.
  19. Vuntombo = marksmanship.
  20. Noneka = post; station; position; mount; assign.
  21. Cinkika = instruction; command.
  22. Masualale va ku noneka = posted or mounted or assigned soldiers.
  23. Ku linoneka mu ku lua ndzita = position to battle.
  24. Lisesa = permission; leave.
  25. Mukua ku lua ndzita = fighter; warrior.
  26. Vakua ku lua ndzita = fighters or warriors.
  27. Mukua ku lilongesa ku lua ndzita = trainee fighter or warrior.
  28. Vakua ku lilongesa ku lua ndzita (plural) = trained fighters or warriors.
  29. Mukua ku nana vuta vua lungusa = archer.
  30. Vakua ku nana vuta vua lungusa (plural) = archers.

Luchazi proverb: "Kandondo ka tumama mu lipungu lia ndumba; civendzi ua mu silamo." (The mouse which lives in the maze of the lion; its ancestor left it there).

Vulanguluisi: Nga ntumbi ua semukile kuze ku lihia lia ndumba, ntumbi uze ka tantekeya vusonde vua muhela uze.

Ku Hetesa: Vize vi soloka ngue via hiana vusonde kuli umo ka viye ku katula vuoma muli uze ua vezika vundambo navio.

"Kanike nga na tumama mu lipungu lia ndumba; kulu yeni ua mu silamo."

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. Vusendo vua vusualale = military alliance; military treaty.
  6. Vakua tusendo = people joined by an agreement or treaty; confederate; allies.
  7. Nava va puile vakua tusendo tua Avilama (Gen. 14:13).
  8. Vutumbe vua suekesa = secret plots or plans.
  9. Nangula = warn.
  10. Ku nanguka = to be alert.
  11. Katukila = attack.
  12. Ku katukila = to attack.
  13. Suvuila = withdraw.
  14. Vingila = watch over.
  15. Mukua ku vingila = watchman.
  16. Niunga = guard; take care.
  17. Zingilika = surround; encircle. circle around.
  18. Katuntu = breach.
  19. Tutuntu (plural) = breaches; gaps in the defences or walls or barrier.
  20. Ku tuva katuntu = make a breach.
  21. Cipuku ca matemba = trench.
  22. Sondama = swoop down.
  23. Songangeya = deceive.
  24. Vanda = hide.
  25. Sueka = conceal.
  26. Vusueke = hiding place.
  27. Via ku suekesa = secrets.
  28. Cisuekelo = hiding place; hideout.
  29. Visuekelo (plural) = hiding places; hideouts.
  30. Cikeketa = walk silently.
  31. Niondelela = creep into; move quietly.
  32. Vuntsonge = stealthily; privily.
  33. Puikila = run through; run against; plough through.
  34. Sekula = drive away; chase away.
  35. Musekule = outcast (Jeremiah 30:17).
  36. Kavangeya = pursue.
  37. Vingila = watch over.
  38. Niunga = guard or take care.
  39. Tina = run away; flee.
  40. Pituka = escape.
  41. Mupituke = escapee.
  42. Sevunuka = escape.
  43. Tonda = search.
  44. Lengeya = seek.
  45. 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. Citua ca ndzita = weapon of war.
  4. Vitua via ndzita (plural) = weapons of war.
  5. Vitua via kutsa = deadly weapons.
  6. Vuta = gun.
  7. Mata (plural) = guns.
  8. Lita (augmentative) = large gun or cannon.
  9. Cilianga = bullet.
  10. Vilianga (plural) = bullets.
  11. Vuta vua ndzita = gun for war; gun of war.
  12. Mata a ndzita (plural) = guns for war.
  13. Vuta vua tuhia = firearm.
  14. Mata a tuhia (plural) = firearms.
  15. Vuta vua ndu-ndu-ndu = rifle.
  16. Vuta vua ndzita = gun of war.
  17. Vuta vua tuzila = airgun.
  18. Vuta vua lungusa = bow.
  19. Ngusa = bowstring.
  20. Ntsonguavuta = tip of the bow.
  21. Mungamba = lance.
  22. Muvi = arrow.
  23. Mivi (plural) = arrows.
  24. Muvi ua ku sompoloka = a sharp arrow.
  25. Hovio = a portable case for holding arrows.
  26. Likovio = a case or sheath.
  27. Likovio lia mivi = a case or sheath for carrying arrows; quiver.
  28. Vizalo via ndzita = clothing of war; military clothing.
  29. Asa = throw at; hurl; pelt; bombard; toss.
  30. Ku loya = to shoot.
  31. Mukua ku loya = shooter.
  32. Pilula = shoot; fire a gun; pull the trigger.
  33. Piluka = detonate; set off.
  34. Ku nana = to aim or point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target.
  35. 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.
  36. Ciseteko ca ku piluila = target.
  37. Mpoko = knife.
  38. Njimbu ya mutaka = battle axe.
  39. Mutaka = battle axe or fighting axe.
  40. Mbalama = club.
  41. Ntelo = shield.
  42. Nkepue = bucklers.
  43. Likunga = spear.
  44. Likunga lia zintsempe = barbed spear.
  45. Muyunda (or mulunda) ua likunga = shaft of the spear.
  46. Mukuale = sword.
  47. Vutuesi vua mukuale = edge of the sword.
  48. Somona = draw out, pull out.
  49. Somona mukuale = draw out or pull out the sword.
  50. Zimbalula = darts.
  51. Cilombo = camp.
  52. Ntalelo = watch tower.
  53. Likalu lia ndzita = military vehicle.

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.
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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