Medical conditions vocabulary: Luchazi to English

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Medical Conditions (Luchazi to English Glossary)

General Terms for Illness and Disease

  1. Vuvezi – illness; sickness
  2. Mavezi (pl.) – illnesses; sicknesses
  3. Musongo – disease
  4. Misongo (pl.) – diseases
  5. Musongo ua kulitambuisa – contagious/infectious disease; epidemic; pestilence
  6. Cisako – malady due to uncleanness
  7. Visako (pl.) – maladies
  8. Ku vavala – to be sick; fall sick; unwell
  9. Na vavala – he or she is unwell

Specific Conditions and Symptoms

Pain and Common Conditions

  1. Lundunda – headache
  2. Mitanda – backache
  3. Masikasika – fever
  4. Kakoho – cough
  5. Lisinda – flu
  6. Vavala – sick; pain
  7. Ku vavala – to be in pain
  8. Vindza – groan
  9. Ku vindzuoka – to groan in pain; stress

Infectious and Reproductive Health

  1. Cisusula / Vususula – venereal disease; gonorrhea
  2. Ku susula tusina – to discharge pus from the genitals

Respiratory and Chest

  1. Kahati – pleurisy; sharp lung pain
  2. Cihuihui = shortness of breath; grasp
  3. Huilila na cihuihui = grasping for breath
  4. Huimangana na cihuihui = pant for breath.

Digestive System

  1. Musongo ua ku hambuka – diarrhea; dysentery
  2. Musongo ua ku hambuka maninga – dysentery (bloody).
  3. Kunia = to defecate.
  4. Kuhambuka = to purge or to empty the bowels by evacuation of faeces, to defecate
  5. Ku hitisa – to have diarrhea/dysentery.
  6. Ku lifuika ku viliato = to relieve oneself.
  7. Sandza – vomit
  8. Ku sandza – to vomit
  9. Visandzo – vomit (expelled stomach contents).
  10. Tuzi = faeces or dung.

Neurological & Physical Conditions

  1. Kalepa – paralysis; palsy
  2. Kayekele – crippled; paralysed condition
  3. Mukua kalepa – a paralytic
  4. Ku-ntsinia – epilepsy; convulsions
  5. Lezumuka – faint
  6. Ku lezumuka – to faint
  7. Hombuesa – to cause fainting/collapse
  8. Ndzandzavula – unconscious
  9. Vuzeye – weakness; feebleness
  10. Kuzeya – weakness; to be weak
  11. Niomua – impotent; weak; incapacitated
  12. Hongua – become progressively weaker and more emaciated; waste away.

Movement and Injury

  1. Vendukuta – limp
  2. Ku vendukuta – to limp
  3. Songonona – sprain
  4. Songoniona – chronic/repeated sprain

Physical Injuries

  1. Mbandu – wound; sore
  2. Mbandu ya ku-tsa – fatal wound/injury
  3. Kutua – to inflict
  4. Kutua mbandu – to inflict a wound
  5. Citamba ca mbandu – scar
  6. Mikiki – bruises
  7. Zimbandu zia ha milivu – sore throats

External Conditions

Swelling

  1. Lizimbo – swelling
  2. Mazimbo (pl.) – swellings
  3. Zimba – swollen
  4. Ku zimba – to swell
  5. Tuntamana – to swell out

Skin Conditions

  1. Lihote  – boil
  2. Mahote – boils  
  3. Cimbulu  – pimple; rash; freckle.
  4. Vimbulu – pimples; rash; freckles
  5. Litota – ringworm
  6. Matota – ringworms
  7. Likuaku – skin eruption; eczema; scurvy
  8. Vindzandi – scurvy; eczema; scabs
  9. Mbumba – leprosy
  10. Senguluka – paleness
  11. Puesuka – degloving or avulsion injury

Body Fluids Conditions

  1. Tusina – pus
  2. Lifulu – foam
  3. Maninga – blood
  4. Vulumuinia – nasal mucus
  5. Tukuta (or ku tukuta) – sweat (to sweat)
  6. Matukuta – sweat
  7. Masu – urine
  8. Katoma – anemia.
  9. Malendzi = saliva.
  10. Masozi = tears.
  11. Vunangu = eye boogers or goop.

Sensory Conditions

  1. Kantsoke – hiccup
  2. Tsehula / Ku tsehula – sneeze; to sneeze
  3. Hemba / Ku hemba – blow the nose
  4. Hembula – blow forcefully through the nose
  5. Nokola – nosebleed
  6. Ku uzua – itchy
  7. Hala – scratch (to relieve itching)
  8. Kulu / Ku kulu – scratch; to scratch
  9. Ku ndandama ca mutima – Heart palpitations

Chronic and Systemic Diseases

  1. Musongo ua vuhokame – weight loss
  2. Musongo ua vuhindale = obesity; overweight; fatness
  3. Zintiti – swelling of limbs
  4. Musongo ua muzimo – bowel disease
  5. Musongo ua mutima – heart disease
  6. Musongo ua ku masapala – lung disease
  7. Musongo ua ku lisuli – liver disease
  8. Musongo ua ku zintso – kidney disease

Nutrition and Deficiency Disorders

  1. Vuse – infant malnutrition (after early weaning)
  2. Vulili – malnutrition (kwashiorkor, marasmus; traditionally linked to spiritual causes)
  3. Hokama – thin.
  4. Ku hokama – to be thin.
  5. Ku hokama na ndzala – to become thin or emaciated due to lack of food.
  6. Vuhokame – leanness; slimness; slenderness; thinness.
  7. Totoka – be thin.
  8. Hindala – fat; (of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh.
  9. Ku hindala – to put on weight

Actions and Processes (Verbs)

  1. Ku vulumuna – to injure; harm
  2. Lohola – to fall ill; become weak
  3. Pukula – tooth loss
  4. Ku pukula mazo – to lose teeth
  5. Tutumuisa – take a break or relief

Medical Practice and Healthcare Terms

Diagnosis and Clinical Terms

  1. Citantekeyeso ca vuvezi – symptom
  2. Cimueso ca vuvezi – sign; symptom
  3. Laleka – prognosis

Treatment and Healing

  1. Saka – to treat; administer medicine  
  2. Vukanguiso – treatment (healing agent)  
  3. Vukanguisi – healing process
  4. Kanguisa – to heal
  5. Kanguka – to recover
  6. Kambatekesa – to cure
  7. Holesa – to heal (restore health)
  8. Cihindu – well-being; good health
  9. Vukangule – soundness of the body; well-being; good health
  10. Ua hinduka – are you well. Wellness
  11. Vukasama – full of healthy or strength

Healthcare Settings

  1. Kuata – admission
  2. Cipatela – hospital; clinic
  3. Cisakala ca cipatela – hospital ward
  4. Cipango ca cipatela – isolation ward
  5. Cipango – traditional isolation hut

Medicine and Remedies

  1. Cihemba / Vihemba – medicine(s); drugs; herbs
  2. Vumbanda – herbal medicine; charms; potions
  3. Niateka – warm compress  
  4. Kuntsuka – rectal herbal administration (traditional treatment)

Medical Roles

  1. Ndotolo / Vandotolo – doctor(s)
  2. Cimbanda / Vimbanda – traditional healer(s)
  3. Cifunguizi / Vifunguizi – midwife/midwives
  4. Mukua ku saka / Mukua ku kanguisa – healer
  5. Muyoyesi – life-giver; healer
  6. Mukangule – healed person

Cultural & Traditional Practice

  1. Muvi – consultation fee
  2. Taha – divination
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