Songs and dances vocabulary: Luchazi to English

Vocabulary for songs and dances: Luchazi to English

The Luchazi people have songs and dances relevant to the occasions which includes the girl's and boys' initiation ceremony, chief's tours, annual celebration of outstanding achievements, crowning a new royal ruler, funeral and burial. Here are the terms and phrases categorized

General musical terms and phrases: Luchazi to English

1. Imba = sing.
2. Ku Imba = to sing.
3. Muaso = song.
4. Miaso (plural) = songs.
5. Sika = sound percussion instruments or woodwind instruments or brass instruments.
6. Musindo = sound.
7. Ohia = emit sound.
8. Polokosa = rattle (make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds); clatter (make or cause to make a continuous rattling sound); jolt.
9. Ngunda = ululate; howl as an expression of strong emotion, typically joy and happiness.
10. Ku tua ngunda = to howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically joy and happiness.
11. Ku-tenda ca lituangunda = sound of the horn.
12. Sika ku tuala-ho ndulo = make a long blast with a wind instrument.
13. Vucino = type of dance.
14. Macino = different types of dances; dances.
15. Cina = dance.
16. Musika = music.
17. Ku sika musika = to play music.
18. Vitenga via ku sika musika = musical instruments; instruments of music.
19. Ku kala na vuino na vitenga via ku sika musika = to have skills of playing musical instruments.
20. Cisandzi = a phonograph, radio, or other sound-reproducing apparatus;  music instrument.
21. Visandzi (plural) = phonographs, radios, or other sound-reproducing apparatus; musical instruments.
22. Cisandzi ca mikole = stringed musical instrument.
23. Visandzi via mikole (plural) = stringed instruments.
24. Masasala = dancing gear worn by women around their waist.
25. Vulezo = glazing putty for drums.

People and ensembles in Luchazi to English

1. Mukua ku imba = singer.
2. Vakua ku imba (plural) = singers.
3. Mukua ku sika = player of musical instrument.
4. Vakua ku sika = players of instruments.
5. Mukuluntu ua vakua ku sika = director of music; conductor.
6. Mukua ku soneka miaso = lyricist.
7. Ngomba = drummer; musician.
8. Mukua ku cina = dancer.
9. Vakua ku cina = dancers.
10. Mukua ku kina = dancer.
11. Vakua ku kina (plural) = dancers.

Musical instruments in Luchazi to English

Here are the names of common musical instruments in Luchazi and their meanings in English:

Luchazi traditional Drums

1. Ngoma = this is taller and more cylindrical drum. It also has animal skin head on only one side attached with small wooden pegs.
2. Ntangi = this is the largest drum and makes a loud bass sound than all the other drums in this set.
3. Cimpululu (or Ncimpululu) = this is a little smaller drum than Ntangi and also produces a higher-pitched bass sound.
4. Mukundu = This is a medium drum and produces a very high-pitched sound.
5. Kasumbi = This is the small drum and produces the highest pitched sound in the ensemble.
6. Mukupele = an hourglass-shaped drum with two-headed membranophone.
7. Mikupele (plural) = These drums typically have a wooden, hourglass-shaped body with two drumheads.

Luchazi traditional idiophones

1. Cinkuvu = a hallowed wooden musical instrument which is beaten on the sides with knobkerries and produces a sonorous sound.
2. Lungandu = wooden hollowed instrument.
3. Musimpo = knobkerry or knobkerrie.
4. Misimpo (plural) = knobkerries.
5. Kalialia = A traditional fiddle or one-stringed lute; traditional bowed string instrument, typically consisting of one or two strings, a resonator made from a gourd; hand piano.
6. Likempe = thumb piano with a large gourd as resonator.
7. Ntsangu = percussion leg rattle or handheld rattle (shaker) made from wild fruits oval shaped pods collected from the forests and dried under the sun.
8. Zintsangu (plural) = percussion leg rattles or handheld rattles (shakers).
9. Mukambo = drum stand.
10. Mikakazi = wood clippers.
11. Zingongueya = wood clippers.
12. Ngendzo = bell.

Luchazi traditional wind instruments

1. Lituangunda = animal horn wind instrument.
2. Cintavu = animal horn wind instrument.
3. Luneta (loanword) = trumpet.
4. Mbendo (loanword) = flute.

Luchazi traditional song genre

1. Miaso ya ha mukanda.
2. Miaso ya mungonge.
3. Miaso ya vuso.
4. Miaso ya via-ku-tsa.
5. Miaso ya ku suanesa muangana.

Luchazi traditional dance genre or style

A dance genre, or dance style, is a distinct category of dance characterized by its unique set of movements, techniques, music, structure, and cultural significance.

1. Sepa dance
2. Mbanda dance
3. Lungandu dance
4. Cilunga dance
5. Nteta dance
6. Ciyanda dance
7. Makopo dance
8. Shombe dance
9. Vuniapa dance style
10. Vuyambi dance style 
11. Vucino vua ku vimpampa
12. Kuhunga
13. Fuifui

To be continued...