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Luhya

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Family: BantuScript: Latin1812 words

Subtribes

Animals

184

Small sp. of quail

An insect that bites

Eshilumira mushira

Ground squirrel

Place where quail are trapped

Sp. of wild dog

Hen at egg laying stage

Horn of an animal

Grub that attacks obule

A wild pig. the domesticated pig is usually called by the swahili name

Small flying ant

A long-tailed lizard

An edible lake-fish

Domesticated pig

Hen that has hatched out chickens

Tail of a sheep

Pullet iswi eyirera laying pullet

Large edible flying ant

Large blue-headed lizard

Paw of an animal which withdraws its cl aws

Large and deadly snake

Very small insects often infesting fo wls

Contents of the stomach of a cow

Hair of cow’s tail

Large bird of prey

Hair of a cow’s tail

Tuft of hair at end of cow’s tail

Body & Health

138

Amatuma kaakare

Ear declination

Tooth elino licheko one of the molars

At the back of the house

Unpleasant odor coming from the nose

Palm and back of hand

Stump of a finger or toe

Back of the neck

Natural gap between two side teeth

Natural gap between the two center top t eeth

Cracks under the joints of the toes

Small cut made for bloodletting

Dirt adhering to wet hands

Squint of one eye

Sharply defined edge to the hair of the h ead

On one’s back

Side of the body

Hair of the body

Hair on body or limbs

Lower part of thigh bone

Wound caused by a blow to the head

Piece of the intestine

Scent or odor of body of person or animal

Flake of dried skin

Gap where teeth have been extracted

Lower part of abdomen

Person cured after unconsciousness

Bleeding from the nose

Humpbacked or hunchback person

Clothing & Appearance

18

Small apron of banana fiber worn by wom en

Skin worn slung from the shoulder

String of beads

Black cotton cloth worn by women

Long cotton or calico robe

Pubic apron worn by women

Thick wire ornament worn around the nec k

Iron ornament worn round neck or waist

Very long ornamental “tail” worn by wome n

Colors & Patterns

11

White and brown animal coloring

Dark brown color

Color in a female animal

Color in male animal

Color in bull or rooster

Yellowish color

Black and white color

Color in male animals

Culture & Governance

125

Term of address between equals

Circumcision Knife

World of the Dead

World of the Dead

An evil act or thing

Memorial dance for a man of standing

Circumcision Knife

Noisy Celebration

Circumcision house

House in which boys sleep

Chief’s village

Emphatic colloquial affirmative

Assistance given in response to an app eal

Sexual intimacy between unmarried person s

Ceremonial grass garland

Place where people gather to sit

Shrill cry made by women when dancin g

Marks on forehead of girls and women

English language

Shrill cry made by women when dancing

Song of mourning

Olwimbo lwolukhana

Song of virginity

Person of the luyia bantu ethnic groups

Headman of a sublocation

One who makes a declaration or statem ent

One with whom one must treat with formal respect

Spirit of s.o. who has died

One in whose house boys or girls sleep

Noisy Celebration

Games and feasting in honor of a man who has died

Authority under chief

Shrill cry of women when dancing

So-and-so wane ufumanga the famous so-and-so

Family & Social

82

Great-grandchildren

Great-great-grandfather

Curds vomited by a baby

Sister- or brother-in-law

Nyakukhulunyine

His/her grandmother

Mother of the child

Premature infant

The last child a woman bears

Girl considered as a bride or potential bride

The person a child is named after

Woman with no children

Foreigner absorbed into the tribe over generations

Boy or girl roughly between the ages of 11 and 14

Niece or nephew of senje

Youngest child of his mother

Last child born to a woman

Firstborn child of a woman

Leper owa amakhokosi the last child a woman bears

Rebellious person owomunzu yefu my brother

Food & Plants

97

Amafura amasalule

A particular sp. of green vegetable

A name sometimes applied to the pineapple

Banana plantation

Maize cob from which the grain has be en removed

Sweet scent or flavor

Flour and water mixed and set to start fermenting

Wild fruit eaten by goats

A large bunch of bananas

Inyama yeshiango

A time of plenty food

Green vegetable

A wild green vegetable

Wild green vegetable

Maize-cob with grain removed

One cob of maize

White variety of mushroom

Large variety of mushroom having a nav el

Small white mushroom

Grain such as obule and amabere

Young banana-leaf

Craving for some particular food

Beer-drinking tube

Fringed tassels of green maize

Piece of sugarcane

Lump of dried meat

Tree bearing small edible fruit

One who waits about where a beer-drink

Green vegetables

Beer-drinking tubes

Geography & Place

39

The place or country on the other si de

A steep slope down

Railway station

Other side of valley

Thorny branches closing a path

Site of a deserted village

Wall of earth round village

Ridge of country

Field where obule has been harvested

Island-hill in lake victoria

Field dug up roughly for planting. sg.

Measurement & Size

1

Money & Trade

15

A fifty-cent piece

Nature

127

Ground dry ant-hill clay

Fire lighted in courtyard for warmth

Dense bush or undergrowth

A short piece of hollow reed

Fairly large seed

Spring of water

Sp. of tree with very soft wood

Sp. of creeper used in making omunyu

Strip of dry banana bark

Lisafu lyebukakha

Leaf with thorny or spiky edges

Grass from which omunyu is made

Mud prepared for a special purpose

Large clod of earth

Loing'ong'ong'we

A thorny or serrated edge

The grass from which tsimuli springs

Mud trampled with cow dung

Ground that has just been burnt over

Heavy black rain clouds

Cream or yellowish colored clay

Long bundle of firewood

One stick of firewood

Stalk of thatching grass

Light fall of rain

Deep place in water

Sp. of large tree

Tree with fringy pink flowers and hard w ood

Tree with red flowers and round

Sp. of sacred indigenous tree

Tree bearing tiny red fruit

Introduced tree

Tiny drop of water

Other

747

Mischevious people

At the other side

Wrestling matches

Droppings of fowls

Thorny branches

Ornamental tail

Evening greeting

Ebisoni nebisoni

For ever and ever

In an open place plainly

Over at that side

Insubordination

The sound of footsteps

In baganda style

In the jewish or hebrew style

In the indian manner

Speech impediment

In an orderly way

Fellowship of people

Stumbling block

In european manner

In the greek manner

At his/her home

Habit of wandering about alone

Gourd with stones inside

The act of giving birth

Mischief making

Carpenter’s plane

Wart isunga v.int. boast

Old and venerable

For his/her part

Wrestling match

Joint of the body

Argumentative disposition

A large flock or herd

Dirt that adheres

On one’s face

In the gap or space

Mushilenje shia

Generous or extravagant person

Fat and healthy

Skill in a trade

A late variety of obule

Uncultivated land

Run-down state of health

Working in iron

Sexual intercourse

Hole in the ground

Trustworthiness

Okhumenya eshisoma

Lonely dwelling place

Strip of leather

Shrill cry of alarm

Something arranged

Generous person

Left-handed person

One who is beloved

Runners of potatoes

Collection of quails

One who is clean

Person who begs

Persevering person

Hole through anything

One who seeks out

One who has been redeemed

Person who is naturally thin

S.o. from bunyore

Uncircumcised man

One who collects gifts

One who practices obusoti

Carpenter’s saw

One who has been defeated

One who spreads rumors

Young boy or girl

One who has lived long

Regularly recurring sound

Mischevious person

One who limps or stutters

Stupid or foolish

Vertically overhead

Spiritual & Ceremonial

29

Abode of departed spirits

Something hidden which has been reveale d

Place of prayer

Animal supposed to be kept by an omulosi

Medicine or charm procured from a medici ne man

Stick set up alongside t he ancestral stones

One who digs up buried charms or bones

One who offers a sacrifice

Tools & Technology

157

Three-stone stove

Basket traps for catching birds

Small basket cage for live quail decoys

Soft plaited basket

Small piece of broken pot

Bait for a trap

Handle of knife or omuremero

A worn-down hoe

Wicker plate or tray

Ikalamu yobwino

Pot in which to make obusuma

Scraper made from piece of gourd

Hat ikona v.tr. bend

Short-handled hoe

Large steam ship

Pot from which beer is drunk

A ring or fence around a place

Pot used for cooking meat

Pot with wide mouth

Water-jar with narrow neck

A well-worn hoe

Small pot for cooking meat or vegetable s

Sheet or piece of galvanized iron

Pot used in making beer

Large water-pot

Large basket for chickens

Stone used for sharpening knives

Under the eaves of the house

Cotton or wool for sewing

Piece of a broken pot

Blade used for shaving

Pot or dish with holes

Small flat dish used for gravy or vegeta bles

Large basket cage for holding about a dozen quail

Flat tray of wicker

Thread of cotton

Wooden or bone spoon

Suspension footbridge of creepers

Bundle carried on a journey

One of the poles supporting the eaves of the house

One of the roofing poles of a house

Foundation of a house

Pipe or flute made from a reed

Large wooden spoon used for stirring obu suma

Bow-legged person