Luchazi Language

 Shoulder and Arm Anatomy 

 1. Lipito = door. 2. Miteka = hinges. 3. Mpindziko = lock/mortice lock. 4. Muvelenge = padlock/latch/bar. 5. Pata = bar in/bolt. 6. Sapi = key. 7. Siteka = insert. 8. Tota or kutota = knock/to knock. 9. Ngongota or kungongota = knock/to knock. 10. Ingila = go in. 11. Kovela = enter. 12. Fuma = get out. 13. Tuhuka = go out. 14. Njanena = window. 15. Vindulu = glass. 16. Soka = shut. 17. Sokolola = open. 18. Mbelo = gate/door. 19. Cikolo = doorway.

1. Makania = tobacco/cigarettes. 2. Liamba = marijuana/cannabis. 3. Kusipa = to smoke. 4. Zintsasi = sparks. 5. Kupimpuoka = to justle/bounce/collide 6. Mutompa = smoking gourd. 7. Musaka = tobacco holder. 8. Muminiko = torch/lighter. 9. Miniko = torches.

1. Munie = finger. 2. Minie (plural) = fingers. 3. Viala = fingernails. 4. Munkono or kankono ka livoko = wrist. 5. Kankokola = elbow. 6. Mu cihuzu = shoulder joint. 7. Citsizi = shoulder. 8. Lihehe = shoulder blade. 9. Cinietete = thumb. 10. Muiliko = index finger. 11. Mutunda = middle finger. 13 munie ua tunda = middle finger. 14. Mbamutunda = ring finger. 15. Munie ua tundasiena = ring finger. 16. Kantsongo ka minie = pinky finger. 17. Ua tundile va mu liata = pinky finger.

1. Kanua = mouth. 2. Lizo = tooth. 3. Mazo (plural) = teeth. 4. Milungu = lips. 5. Lilimi = tongue. 6. Matama = cheeks. 7. Zimbange = jaws. 8. Mavundi = molars or jaw teeth. 9. Zimbuazo = canines or cheek teeth. 10. Mapala (plural) = incisors. 11. Lupala = incisor. 12. Vusisnia = gums. 13. Kakonkolio = Adam's apple. 14. Kandakuilo = uvula. 15. Handakuilo = nasopharynx. 16. Vuta vua lilimi or kalaka = lingual frenulum. 17. Sunga = diastema or tooth gap. 18. Muenie = gap where one or more teeth are missing. 19. Lusinga = toothache or tooth decay. 20. Kupukula = teeth fall out. 21. Suma = bite. 22. Kunjuta = to nibble. 23. Ku mbolokota = to crunch. 24. Takinia = chew. 25. Mina = swallow. 26. Huvila = gulp or suck up. 27. Cikumbo = toothbrush. 28. Lituaya= towel. 29. Mulola = soap. 30. Njapau = soap. 31. Ciseya = basin. 32. Mbafu = bathtub. 33. Kumba mazo = brush your teeth. 34. Hemba = blow your nose. 35. Tana ku meso = wash your face. 36. Hunda = wipe. 37. Kuita = rub on.

1. Licindua = gizzard. 2. Lisuli = liver. 3. Zintso = kidneys. 4. Mila = intestines. 5. Masapala = lungs. 6. Lizakuila = chicken's crop. 7. Liuengele = chicken's comb. 8. Liyaki = egg. 9. Ntsinda = egg yolk. 10. Luivaluiva = white of the egg. 11. Ku-umba = lay eggs. 12. Vutamena = to sit on eggs so as to hatch them. 13. Kutota = to hatch. 14. Camba = chicken run/pen. 15. Kukeketa = Cluck/short, guttural sounds made by a hen. 16. Lisua = nest. 17. Lifundunguino = nest. 18. Ngombe = ox. 19. Citole = cow. 20. Nkuzi = bull. 21. Nkomba = male animal. 22. Luhavo = female animal.

8 main classes of nouns in Luchazi  There are eight (08) main classes of nouns and are distinguished from one another by their singular and plural prefixes. CLASS 1: Mu - Va (Animate/personal class). Example: Muntu (person) - Vantu (people). CLASS 2: Mu - Mi (Plant/vegetable Kingdom class). Examples:  >Muti (tree) - Miti (trees). >Mukuyu (fig tree) - Mikuyu (fig trees). >Mutete. >Musambe (potatoes) CLASS 3: Vu - Ma  (Abstract Nouns). Examples: >Vukuendze (young manhood). >Vukuluntu (old age). >Vunike (childish). CLASS 4: Li - Ma  (Augmentative Class). Examples: >Lita (big gun) - Mata (many guns). >Liato (large boat). >Limpuevo (huge woman) = Mampuevo (huge/many women). CLASS 5: Lu - Ma/Zi (Mass/large class). Examples: >Lungano (big foot) - Mangano/Zingano. CLASS 6: Ci - Vi  (Articles/Things Class). Examples: >Cindeyi (penny) - Vindeyi (pennies). >Cilongo (crown) - Vilongo (pennies). >Cini (mortar) - Vini (mortars). CLASS 7: (Lost) - Zi/Vi  (