Marriage-related vocabulary in Luchazi

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Marriage-related vocabulary

Here is a list of common marriage related vocabulary in Luchazi language and their meanings in English:

General marriage terms and phrases in Luchazi

  1. Cilemo = love.
  2. Suanga = entice.
  3. Sunguiya = desire; crave.
  4. Ku suanga = to entice.
  5. U na suanga mutima uange = you have enticed my heart, or you have ravished my heart.
  6. Vusona = desire.
  7. Vulo = marriage; the customary or legal or religious union of two people as husband and wife.
  8. Cilika ca vulo = wedding; the ceremony where a man and a woman get married.
  9. Ntsombolua = bride; a woman on her wedding day.
  10. Ntsombola = bride.
  11. Ntsombola yange = my bride.
  12. Ivene ntsombolua = groom; a man on his wedding day.
  13. Ivenea ntsombolua = groom.
  14. Ivene ntsombola = groom
  15. Ivenea ntsombola = groom.
  16. Ivene or ivenea vulo = bridegroom.
  17. Lama = betroth; engagement; the period before marriage when a couple is pledged to marry.
  18. Ku lama mpuevo = to betroth or engage a woman.
  19. Hanga = give out in marriage; betroth; engage.
  20. Ku hanga = to betroth; engage.
  21. Hangesa = betroth; be engage to; espouse;
  22. Nji ka ku hangesa = I will espouse or betroth you.
  23. Kahinia or kahenia = a word used to refer to a mature girl especially the one after puberty who is looking for love.
  24. Vupangala = fornication or adultery.
  25. Lipangala = girlfriend, boyfriend or paramour.
  26. ku hula mpuevo = proposal; when a male asks the female to marry them.
  27. Mukua ku lama mpuevo = fiancé; a male engaged to be married.
  28. Mpuevo ua ku lama = fiancée; a female engaged to be married.
  29. Ku lema = to love.
  30. Cilemo cove = your love.
  31. Cilemo cange = my love; my darling.
  32. Mukua cilemo cange = my darling; my well-loved; my beloved.
  33. Tsuemba = kiss.
  34. Ku tsuemba = to kiss.
  35. Vumbatela = embrace.
  36. Ua viuka = you are cute or beautiful.
  37. Ku lelema = (typically of a woman) attractive; comely; pleasant to look at.

Wedding ceremony terms and phrases in Luchazi

  1. Visingo via vulo = marriage vows; promises made by the couple during the wedding.
  2. Kasendo = marriage covenant.
  3. Kulicata kasendo = enter into blood marriage covenant.
  4. Mukua ku-endesa vulo = Officiant; the person who conducts the wedding.
  5. Kavusamba ka ivene vulo = best man; the groom’s main male attendant.
  6. Vavusamba vua ntsombola = bridesmaids; female attendants to the bride.
  7. Vakua vulo = groomsmen; male attendants to the groom.
  8. Kandzeya ka vulo = wedding ring.
  9. Tundzeya tua vulo (plural) = wedding rings.
  10. Muana mukua ku ambata kandzeya = ring bearer; a child who carries the wedding rings.
  11. Muanampuevo ua ku muania ntsani = flower girl; a young girl who scatters flower petals before the bride.
  12. Ku-lia ca vulo = wedding banquet.
  13. Ciuano ca ku-lia ca vulo = reception; the party after the wedding ceremony.

Marriage status terms and phrases in Luchazi

  1. Mukua ndzivo yeni = spouse.
  2. Vantsombola = spouses.
  3. Somboka = married; get married; customarily or legally united as wife and husband.
  4. Ku somboka = to be married.
  5. Ua somboka = he or she is married.
  6. Sombuesa = give out a woman in marriage.
  7. Ku sombuesa = to give out a woman in marriage.
  8. Ambata = marry.
  9. Ku ambata = to marry.
  10. Haleka = to be in polygamous relationship or marriage.
  11. Vuhale = polygamy.
  12. Kavuhale = concubine.
  13. Vavuhale (plural) = concubines.
  14. Makua vuhale = concubine.
  15. Vakua vuhale (plural) = concubines.
  16. Kapandi ka vulo = duty of marriage; conjugal rights, especially to sexual relationship.
  17. Vuzike = single; single-hood; not married.
  18. Muzike = unmarried person.
  19. Vazike (plural) = unmarried individuals or people.
  20. Kondola = divorce; send a wife away.
  21. Ku kondola = Divorced; no longer married after a legal or customary process.
  22. Ku tsiha vulo = to end or break the marriage.
  23. Mukanda ua ku tsiha vulo = a certificate of divorce.
  24. Ntuluue = widow; a female whose husband has died.
  25. Vuntuluue = widowhood.
  26. Mbundu = widow.
  27. Vumbundu = widowhood.
  28. Ku Papangana vulo = annulment; a customary or legal declaration that a marriage was never valid; to declare to be invalid.
  29. Zilula vulo = make the marriage void.
  30. Ku zilula vulo = to make the marriage void.

Marriage relationship terms and phrases in Luchazi

  1. Yala yange = my husband.
  2. Yaliange = my husband.
  3. Mpuevo yange = my wife.
  4. Mpueiange = my wife.
  5. Yala yove = your husband.
  6. Yaliove = your husband.
  7. Mpuevo yove = your wife.
  8. Mpueliove = your wife.
  9. Yala yeni = her husband.
  10. Yalieni = her husband.
  11. Mpuevo yeni = his wife.
  12. Mpueieni = his wife.
  13. Mpuevo uetu = our wife.
  14. Mpueietu = our wife.
  15. Yala uetu = our husband.
  16. Yalietu = our husband.
  17. Vampuevo zietu = our wives.
  18. vampuezietu = our wives.
  19. Tolomueno = father-in-law or son-in-law.
  20. Somueno = your father-in-law or son-in-law.
  21. Semueno = his or her father-in-law or son-in-law.
  22. Niotomueno = mother-in-law or daughter-in-law.
  23. Nokomueno = your mother-in-law or daughter-in-law.
  24. Nemueno = his or her mother-in-law or daughter-in-law.
  25. Niali or Nialivuko = brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
  26. Muana uange = 
  27. Muanange = my child.
  28. Muana ueni = 
  29. Muaneni = his or her child.
  30. Muana uetu = our child.
  31. Muanetu = our child.
  32. Muana katumba = stepchild.
  33. Muana ua mu vupangala = a child born out of wedlock.

Cultural and traditional terms in Luchazi

  1. Vionda = bridal payment; marriage payment.
  2. Ondela = to furnish a payment towards marriage.
  3. Matemo = dowry; property or money brought as bride price.
  4. Mpuevo ua matemo = bride price woman.
  5. Vampuevo zia matemo (plural) = bride price women.
  6. Ivene limbo = birth right woman; refers to woman born in the village or owner of the village.
  7. Vavene limbo (plural) = birthright women.
  8. Kuzikila = infant betrothal.
  9. Kuli tuva mpoko = endogamy; marriage within a tribe, clan, stem family (lineage) or village.
  10. Ku vueka coto = a Luchazi traditional kitchen shower ceremony held after wedding ceremony.
  11. Ku lisolokela = ancient marriage custom of offering or lending a wife to a friend for sex after paying or giving out a goat.
  12. Ntuatua = firstborn child.
  13. Muana ntuamalute = firstborn child.
  14. Muana ua kuliteta mutue = firstborn child.
  15. Muana ua kulilongesa = firstborn child.
  16. Kasulantsongo = last born child.
  17. Cizika = last child.
  18. Mpasa = twin.
  19. Vampasa (plural) = twins.
  20. Muana kalunga = twin.
  21. Vana va kalunga (plural) = twins.
  22. Muana masa = twin.
  23. Vana va masa (plural) = twins.
  24. Liasa = twin.
  25. Masa (plural) = twins.
  26. Masa va hambandza = children born close together.
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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