Warfare vocabulary in Luchazi

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

Military terms and phrases in Luchazi

  1. Lisualale = soldier.
  2. Masualale (plural) = soldiers.
  3. Sendinela = sentry.
  4. Vasendinela = sentries.
  5. Kakuniungu = guard; watchman.
  6. Tukuniungu (plural) = guards; watchmen.
  7. Mikana = rows; ranks; legions.
  8. Ndondzi = spy.
  9. Vandondzi (plural) = spies.
  10. Mukua ku lilemeka vitua = an armed person.
  11. Vakua mata a lungusa = archers.
  12. Vakua mata a tuhia = gunmen.
  13. Vakua mata a ndu-ndu-ndu = riflemen.
  14. Ku asa na vuta = to shoot with a gun.
  15. Vuta vua ku nana = gun aimed at.
  16. Sungika mivi = aim or bend the bow to shoot.
  17. Mukua ntombo = marksman.
  18. Vuntombo = marksmanship.
  19. Noneka = post; station; position; mount; assign.
  20. Cinkika = instruction; command.
  21. Masualale va ku noneka = posted or mounted or assigned soldiers.
  22. Ku linoneka mu ku lua ndzita = position to battle.
  23. Lisesa = permission; leave.
  24. Mukua ku lua ndzita = fighter; warrior.
  25. Vakua ku lua ndzita = fighters or warriors.
  26. Mukua ku lilongesa ku lua ndzita = trainee fighter or warrior.
  27. Vakua ku lilongesa ku lua ndzita (plural) = trained fighters or warriors.
  28. Mukua ku nana vuta vua lungusa = archer.
  29. 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. Vakua tusendo = people joined by an agreement or treaty; confederate; allies.
  6. Vutumbe vua suekesa = secret plots or plans.
  7. Nangula = warn.
  8. Ku nanguka = to be alert.
  9. Katukila = attack.
  10. Ku katukila = to attack.
  11. Suvuila = withdraw.
  12. Vingila = watch over.
  13. Mukua ku vingila = watchman.
  14. Niunga = guard; take care.
  15. Zingilika = surround; encircle. circle around.
  16. Katuntu = breach.
  17. Tutuntu (plural) = breaches; gaps in the defences or walls or barrier.
  18. Ku tuva katuntu = make a breach.
  19. Cipuku ca matemba = trench.
  20. Sondama = swoop down.
  21. Songangeya = deceive.
  22. Vanda = hide.
  23. Sueka = conceal.
  24. Vusueke = hiding place.
  25. Via ku suekesa = secrets.
  26. Cisuekelo = hiding place; hideout.
  27. Visuekelo (plural) = hiding places; hideouts.
  28. Cikeketa = walk silently.
  29. Niondelela = creep into; move quietly.
  30. Vuntsonge = stealthily; privily.
  31. Puikila = run through; run against; plough through.
  32. Sekula = drive away; chase away.
  33. Musekule = outcast.
  34. Kavangeya = pursue.
  35. Vingila = watch over.
  36. Niunga = guard or take care.
  37. Tina = run away; flee.
  38. Pituka = escape.
  39. Mupituke = escapee.
  40. Sevunuka = escape.
  41. Tonda = search.
  42. Lengeya = seek.
  43. 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. Mukuale = sword.
  46. Vutuesi vua mukuale = edge of the sword.
  47. Somona = draw out, pull out.
  48. Somona mukuale = draw out or pull out the sword.
  49. Zimbalula = darts.
  50. Cilombo = camp.
  51. Ntalelo = watch tower.
  52. 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.

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