Luchazi Language

Medical Conditions (Luchazi to English Glossary) General Terms for Illness and Disease Vuvezi – illness; sickness Mavezi (pl.) – illnesses; sicknesses Musongo – disease Misongo (pl.) – diseases Musongo ua kulitambuisa – contagious/infectious disease; epidemic; pestilence Cisako – malady due to uncleanness Visako (pl.) – maladies Ku vavala – to be sick; fall sick; unwell Na vavala – he or she is unwell Specific Conditions and Symptoms Pain and Common Conditions Lundunda – headache Mitanda – backache Masikasika – fever Kakoho – cough Lisinda – flu Vavala – sick; pain Ku vavala – to be in pain Vindza – groan Ku vindzuoka – to groan in pain; stress Infectious and Reproductive Health Cisusula / Vususula – venereal disease; gonorrhea Ku susula tusina – to discharge pus from the genitals Respiratory and Chest Kahati – pleurisy; sharp lung pain Cihuihui = shortness of breath; grasp Huilila na cihuihui = grasping for breath Huimangana na cihuihui = pant for breath. Digestive System Musongo ua k...