Homophones and Homonyms in Luchazi

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Homophones and Homonyms in Luchazi

A homophone is one of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different spelling, meanings, or origins, (for example new and knew). Homophones can cause confusion and people often use the wrong one in error. A homonym is a word that sounds alike or is spelled alike as another word, but has a different meaning. Homonyms are words that are either homophones or homographs, or both. Here is a list of common homophones  and Homonyms in Luchazi and their meanings in English:
  1. Cikumba = dismay.
  2. Cinkumba = whirlwind.
  3. mandzi = falsehood.
  4. Miandzi = cracks.
  5. Mukali = (fall) backwards.
  6. Mu kali = it's in there.
  7. Kaama = fellow deer.
  8. Kama = big.
  9. Nkama = a fist-size lump. Example: nkama ya civundu = a lump of meal porridge.
  10. Kanda = not yet or forbid.
  11. Nkanda = suburb; a small community adjacent to.
  12. Keke = cool or cold.
  13. Nkeke = mercy.
  14. Kula = redeem.
  15. Nkula = redeemer.
  16. Ku-umba = lay eggs; oviposition; spawn; deposit eggs.
  17. Kumba = brush especially the teeth.
  18. Kumba = blow air through the mouth.
  19. Konka = search or inquire; examine.
  20. Konka = meek.
  21. Koka = pull.
  22. Kokola = deceive.
  23. Konkola (Kokuela) = elbow.
  24. Komba = sweep.
  25. Nkomba = male animal.
  26. Kuva = sow.
  27. Ku va = skin an animal.
  28. Mutana = Sun.
  29. Mu tana = you bath; wash part of the body.
  30. Muntima = inner.
  31. Mutima = heart.
  32. Mono = seen.
  33. Muono = life.
  34. Samba (ku lisamba) = jubilate; to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult. to celebrate a jubilee or joyful occasion.
  35. Ntsamba = third born son.
  36. Sesa = to go and meet the visitor or guest on the way.
  37. Ntsesa = filing (of teeth). Ku ntsesa mazo.
  38. Sentsa = strain; pour (a liquid) through a sieve; filter.
  39. Sinda = clog; block.
  40. Tsinda = bury.
  41. Ntsinda = egg yolk.
  42. Sina = obstinate.
  43. Ntsina
  44. Sindiya = compel.
  45. Ntsindiye = compulsion.
  46. Sintsa = replace.
  47. Ntsintsa = patience.
  48. Sisisa = brandish; to wave or swing something, especially a weapon or a tool, in an aggressive, threatening, or excited way.
  49. Sintsisa = substitute; replace.
  50. Nkangala = foothills; vale.
  51. Kangala = tie together purlins into a strong bundle.
  52. Sindakana = squeeze.
  53. Tsindakana = press and fold.
  54. Soko = grow (of plants).
  55. Ntsoko = family; kinfolk; a person's blood relations, regarded collectively; a group of people related by blood; a group of persons who come from the same ancestor.
  56. Sosa = pull up or lower using a rope or pulley.
  57. Sontsa
  58. Tava = accept.
  59. Ntava = an adult male deer.
  60. Tanga = create.
  61. Ntanga = cloth.
  62. Tunda = outstanding.
  63. Ntunda = period.
  64. Tseka = crush.
  65. Seka = devastate; ravage; ruin; lay waste; to destroy or devastate something completely, causing extensive ruin.
  66. Tsisa = cause to be bereaved.
  67. Sisa = mat.
  68. Tsimba = porch.
  69. Ntsimba = genet (animal).
  70. Tsika (vikuni) = lay or put in an orderly manner especially wood.
  71. Sika = rule; reign; command.
  72. Tuama = lead.
  73. Ntuama = leader.
  74. Tuima = feeling of hot or warm weather.
  75. Ntuima = heat.
  76. Nkala = crab
  77. Kala = stay; live; abide.
  78. Nkaku = sandal.
  79. Nkuakua = wheel 
  80. Nkuli = redeemer.
  81. Kuli =
  82. Ndzolela = happiness; cheerfulness.
  83. Zolela = merry; joy.
  84. Ndzimba = ignorance.
  85. Zimba = swell.
  86. Ntulo or cintulo = bosom; a woman's breasts or the front of a person's chest.
  87. Tulo = sleep.
  88. Ntsala = tassel.
  89. Sala = remain.
  90. Ndzala = hunger.
  91. Zala = dress up.
  92. Ntsanda = honey badger.
  93. Sanda = comedy.
  94. Sanda = scratch the ground.
  95. Vusunga = truth.
  96. Vuntsunga = adjacent to.
  97. Vutsikisiki = nighttime.
  98. Vusikisiki = light rains, drizzle; to rain in very small drops or very lightly.
To be continued...
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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