House furniture and related terms in Luchazi

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House furniture and related terms in Luchazi

Here is a list of common house features in Luchazi and their meaning in English:
  1. Mesa (loanword from Portuguese) = table or a dining table at which several people can sit together to eat.
  2. Zimesa (plural) = tables.
  3. Citumamo = chair.
  4. Vitumamo (plural) =chairs.
  5. Cituamo (loanword from Luvale) = chair. (Some Luchazi communities use Cituamo).
  6. Citumamo ca Kayongo = wooden stool.
  7. Citumamo ca maliya
  8. Citonta = stool.
  9. Mupando = lazy man's chair.
  10. Mukanamo (loanword from Luvale) = lazy man's chair. (Some Luchazi communities use Mukanamo when referring to lazy man's chair).
  11. Ciyakelo = armrest; stay.
  12. Viyakelo (plural) = armrests; stays.
  13. Muhela = bed.
  14. Ntsatelo ya muhela = headboard; bedhead.
  15. Muhandi = a forked stick or a bedpost.
  16. Vusalili = couch.
  17. Mbukusu = boxwood.
Basic furniture in Luchazi 

Common household items:
  1. Ndeya = lamp.
  2. Cipekuiso = fan.
  3. Lipayi = blanket.
  4. Mapayi (plural) = blankets.
  5. Musaua = coverlet; bedcover; bedspread; cushion.
  6. Misaua (plural) = coverlets; bedcovers; bedspreads.
  7. Sisa = mat; carpet; covering of tapestry.
  8. Masisa (plural) = mats; carpets; coverings of tapestry.
Basic bedroom items in Luchazi language 

Words and phrases related to sleep in Luchazi language

  1. Tulo = sleep; nap; snooze.
  2. Lalameka = close one's eyes.
  3. Kosa = sleep; lay down.
  4. Ku kosa = to sleep; to lay down.
  5. Ku kosa tulo = to be asleep.
  6. Ku kosa cilavulavu = slumber.
  7. Ka li ka kosa cilavulavu cipue tulo = he shall neither slumber nor sleep.
  8. Ku kosela = sleep over; night stop.
  9. Konkoka = conk; doze; drowse; siesta.
  10. Ku konkoka = to conk; to drowse; to siesta.
  11. Lota = dream.
  12. Ku lota = to dream.
  13. Ndzozi = vision; dream.
  14. Cilota-zindzozi = dreamer.
  15. Salaniana = toss and turn.
  16. Ku salaniana = to toss and turn.
  17. Vuimbi = fidgety; restless sleep.
  18. Hinduka = rise; wake up.
  19. Tungumuka = stir up suddenly.
  20. Niangumuka = awakened suddenly.

Bathroom vocabulary in Luchazi language

  1. Cikumbo = toothbrush.
  2. Lituaya= towel.
  3. Mulola = soap.
  4. Njapau = soap.
  5. Lipapelo lia ku likonuaisa = toilet paper.
  6. Lizengununo lia lipapelo lia ku likonuaisa = roll of toilet paper.
  7. Ciseya = basin.
  8. Mbafu = bathtub.
  9. Kumba mazo = brush your teeth.
  10. Hemba = blow your nose.
  11. Tana = wash.
  12. Tana ku meso = wash your face.
  13. Tana ha muvila = wash your body.
  14. Tana ku mikono = wash your legs.
  15. Tana ku viliato = wash your feet.
  16. Konona = wipe the anus after using the toilet.
  17. Hunda = wipe.
  18. Kuita = rub on.
  19. Mazi a kuli kuita = lotion.
  20. Katalelo = mirror; looking glass.
  21. Kalivanjelo = mirror.
  22. Kavemba = razor blade.
  23. Tuvemba (plural) = razor blades.
  24. Cikele= scissor.
  25. Vikele (plural) = scissors.
Common bathroom items in Luchazi language 
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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