Marriage-related vocabulary in Luchazi

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

Wedding ceremony terms and phrases in Luchazi

1. Visingo = 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. Ku ambata = to marry.
9. Vuhale = polygamy.
10. Kavuhale = concubine.
11. Vavuhale (plural) = concubines.
12. Makua vuhale = concubine.
13. Vakua vuhale (plural) = concubines.
14. Kapandi ka vulo = duty of marriage; conjugal rights, especially to sexual relationship.
15. Vuzike = single; single-hood; not married.
16. Muzike = unmarried person.
17. Vazike (plural) = unmarried individuals or people.
18. Kondola = divorce; send a wife away.
19. Divorced; no longer married after a legal or customary process.
20. Ku tsiha vulo = to end or break the marriage.
21. Mukanda ua ku tsiha vulo = a certificate of divorce.
22. Ntuluue = widow; a female whose husband has died.
23. Vuntuluue = widowhood.
24. Ku Papangana vulo = annulment; a customary or legal declaration that a marriage was never valid; to declare to be invalid.
25. Zilula vulo = make the marriage void.
26. 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 = marriage deposit payment.
2. Ondela = to furnish a deposit to 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.