Fire and wood vocabulary: Luchazi to English

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Fire and wood vocabulary: Luchazi to English

Fire plays an important role in most of the traditional rituals especially during the funerals and the mungonge rituals. Here is a list of common fire and wood vocabulary in Luchazi and their meanings in English:

Fire terms and phrases: Luchazi to English

  1. Macesi = matches.
  2. Fofo = matches.
  3. Muhotolo = Ferro rod; fire steel; fire striker.
  4. Vueka = kindle or cast fire.
  5. Tuhia = fire.
  6. Tuhia va vunengu = electricity.
  7. Suameka = light or ignite.
  8. Muminiko ua ku suama = touch of fire.
  9. Taka = hand drill to ignite a fire; ignite fire by hand drill friction.
  10. Ku taka tuhia = to ignite a fire by hand drill.
  11. Mulengi = flame.
  12. Sukuma = blaze; burning.
  13. Tsimika = burn; incinerate.
  14. Uema = char; burn; scorch.
  15. Kuuema = to be charred; burned; scorched.
  16. Lolovoka = flickering; burning unsteadily.
  17. Citenga ca tuhia = hearth of fire.
  18. Luhila = firestorm.
  19. Mahila (plural) = firestorms.
  20. Ntsindo ya mulengi ua luhila = sound of the flame of a firestorm.
  21. Muisi = smoke.
  22. Lukongolo lua muisi = columns of smoke.
  23. Makongolo a muisi (plural) = columns of smoke.
  24. Tsima = smoulder; smolder.
  25. Ku tsima muisi = to release smoke or pour out smoke.
  26. Vuanda vua ku tsima = smoking cotton or flax.
  27. Muyengo = chimney; pipe.
  28. Lutengo = furnace.
  29. Litende lia tuhia = fiery furnace; furnace of fire.
  30. Heha – blow fire upon.
  31. Hehesa – cause to blow fire upon.
  32. Hoza = blow.
  33. Hozela = blow.
  34. Hozelela
  35. Huza = puff.
  36. Huzila = puff.
  37. Linungu = piece of charcoal.
  38. Manungu = charcoal.
  39. Mazokozoko = coals.
  40. Ntsasi = spark.
  41. Zintsasi (plural) = sparks.
  42. Ntsasi ya tuhia = spark of fire.
  43. Muto = ashes.
  44. Zima = put out, quench, extinguish.
  45. Zima tuhia = put out or quench or extinguish a fire.
  46. Luhuila = ground burned down by fire.

Firewood terms and phrases: Luchazi to English

  1. Savitiava = lumberjack.
  2. Timba = chop.
  3. Pakula = cut down; hew down.
  4. Salula = cut off; hack; slash.
  5. Tiava = cut logs or wood.
  6. Cikuni = firewood.
  7. Vikuni (plural) = firewood.
  8. Cikuni ca ku-uma = dry firewood.
  9. Vikuni via ku-uma (plural)
  10. Cikuni ci tontola = fresh firewood.
  11. Ku tiava vikuni = to cut firewood.
  12. Citetele = twig.
  13. Vitetele (plural) = twigs.
  14. Vitetele via ku-uma = dry twigs.
  15. Ku pokola vitetele = to break twigs.
  16. Ku-kupuka = crackling.
  17. Salula mitango = cut off branches.
  18. Lakumuna mefo = shake off the leaves.
  19. Cimbundi = stump.
  20. Vimbundi (plural) = stumps.
  21. Masila = big fresh wood that are used as supports at a fireplace.
  22. Ntsambeyelo = a piece of wood or twig or grass used in fire.
  23. Zintsambeyelo (plural) = piece of wood or twigs used in fire.
  24. Sambeya = the act of putting pieces of firewoods into a burning fire.
  25. Ku tsika vikuni ha tuhia = to lay the firewood in order on the fire; to orderly arrange wood on the fire.
  26. Tuhia va manungu = charcoal fire.
  27. Coto = a space where a domestic fire is lite for cooking or heating.
  28. Vioto (plural) = spaces where domestic fires are lite for cooking or heating.
  29. Situla = remove or pluck out of the fire.
  30. Ku situla ku tuhia = to remove or pluck out the fire.
  31. Ota = warm oneself at the fireplace.
  32. Cisita ca muto = place where ashes are put; place of ashes.
Fire terms in Luchazi 

Fire symbolise the inextinguishable spirit and energy of the Luchazi people. They have a saying, "VaLuchazi vavuekele tuhia mungongo"; they say the fire energizes them during the difficult times, flashes the light during the times of darkness, gives meaning to the tribe when it is threatened and challenged. It is fire that delivered extraordinary performance and achievements through their Lutengo (smelter).

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