Medical conditions in Luchazi

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Medical conditions in Luchazi

  1. Vuvezi = illness or sickness.
  2. Mavezi (plural) = illnesses; sicknesses.
  3. Musongo = disease.
  4. Misongo (plural) = diseases.
  5. Musongo ua kulitambuisa = contagious or infectious epidemic disease or pestilence.
  6. Musongo ua vuhokame = weight loss.
  7. Cisako = malady due to uncleanness.
  8. Visako (plural) = maladies.
  9. Lundunda = headache.
  10. Mitanda = backache.
  11. Masikasika = fever.
  12. Kakoho = cough.
  13. Lisinda = flu.
  14. Cisusula = venereal disease; gonorrhea.
  15. Vususula = venereal disease; gonorrhea.
  16. Ku susula tusina = discharge pus from the penis or private part.
  17. Kantsoke = hiccup.
  18. Kahati = pleurisy; stabbing lung pain.
  19. Vendukuta = limp.
  20. Ku vendukuta  = to limp.
  21. Kalepa = paralysis.
  22. Kayekele = paralysis; crippled.
  23. Lezumuka = faint.
  24. Ku lezumuka = to faint.
  25. Ku puputiya = blindness.
  26. Musongo ua ku hambuka = diarrhoea; dysentery.
  27. Musongo ua ku hambuka maninga = dysentery.
  28. Ku hitisa = diarrhea; dysentery.
  29. Mbandu = wound or sore.
  30. Mbandu ya mukongo
  31. Mbandu ya ku-tsa = fatal wound; fatal injury.
  32. Kutua = to inflict.
  33. Kutua mbandu = to inflict a wound.
  34. Zimbandu zia ha milivu = sore throats.
  35. Citamba ca mbandu = scar.
  36. Lizimbo = swelling.
  37. Mazimbo (plural) = swellings.
  38. Zimba = swollen.
  39. Ku zimba = to be swollen.
  40. Tuntamana = swell out.
  41. Lihote = boil.
  42. Mahote (plural) = boils.
  43. Cimbulu = pimple; skin rash; freckle; freckled spot.
  44. Vimbulu (plural) = pimples; skin rashes; freckles; freckled spots.
  45. Litota = ringworm.
  46. Matota (plural) = ringworms.
  47. Tusina = pus.
  48. Mbumba = leprosy.
  49. Zintiti = swollen legs and arms.
  50. Lifulu = foam.
  51. Mikiki = bruises.
  52. Ku-ntsinia = epileptic fit or convulsions or epilepsy.
  53. Kalepa = palsy.
  54. Mukua Kalepa = a paralytic.
  55. Songonona = sprain.
  56. Songoniona = sprain constantly.
  57. Tsehula = sneeze.
  58. Ku tsehula = to sneeze; the act of sneezing.
  59. Hemba = blow one's nose; blow the nose.
  60. ku hemba = to blow one's nose; the action of blowing the nose.
  61. Hembula = to blow or breath forcefully through the nostrils.
  62. Nokola = nosebleed.
  63. Ku uzua = itchy.
  64. Hala = scratch a part of the body with one's fingernails to relieve itching.
  65. Kulu = scratch.
  66. Ku kulu = to scratch.
  67. Kusandza = vomit.
  68. Visandzo = the disgorged content of the stomach.
  69. Ndzandzavula = unconscious.
  70. Vindzandi = scurvy or eczema or scabs.
  71. Likuaku = skin eruption disease; scurvy; eczema.
  72. Musongo ua muzimo = disease of the bowels.
  73. Musongo ua mutima = disease of the heart.
  74. Musongo ua ku masapala = disease of the lungs.
  75. Musongo ua ku lisuli = disease of the liver.
  76. Musongo ua ku zintso = disease of the kidneys.
  77. Ku vulumuna = to harm; Injury.

Medical terms and related traditional terms in Luchazi

  1. Citantekeyeso ca vuvezi = symptom.
  2. Cimueso ca vuvezi = signs or symptom.
  3. Laleka = prognosis.
  4. Saka = treatment.
  5. Vukanguiso = a thing that causes healing; treatment.
  6. Vukanguisi = treatment; the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again; healing.
  7. Kanguisa = cause to heal.
  8. Kanguka = recover from illness or sickness; recovery.
  9. Saka = treat or administer medication.
  10. Holesa = heal.
  11. Kuata = admission.
  12. Cipatela = hospital or clinic.
  13. Cipango ca cipatela = hospital isolation ward.
  14. Cipango = the isolation shelter for someone undergoing traditional treatment or purification rituals.
  15. Cisakala ca cipatela = hospital ward.
  16. Ku katala = exhausted.
  17. Cihemba = medicine; drug; medicinal herb.
  18. Vihemba (plural) = medicines; drugs; medicinal herbs.
  19. Vumbanda = drugs; medicinal herbs; magical potion; charms.
  20. Kuntsuka = administration of the herbal mixture through the anus onto large intestine using a small specially made gourd; this is widely used to treat rectum problems.
  21. Muvi = consultation fee or payment.
  22. Taha = divination.
  23. Cimbanda = traditional physician; herbalist. 
  24. Vimbanda (plural) = traditional physicians; herbalists.
  25. Ndotolo = doctor.
  26. Vandotolo (plural) = doctors.
  27. Cifunguizi midwife.
  28. Vifunguizi (plural) = midwives.
  29. Mukua ku saka = the healer.
  30. Mukua ku kanguisa = the healer.
  31. Muyoyesi

Luchazi proverb: Nguyuyu musongo ka va tahela; iya ue ku hasa ku saka luandia? (Rust is an illness for which no one makes divination; who can cure baldness?)

Vulanguluisi: Na umo a lania cinganga linga a tahele ntalavue cipue a sake livula.

Ku Hetesa: Vitanga vimosi mu miono ya vantu ka ci tava ku vi saka.
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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