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LOZI NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS.

Amusaa – They are calling him
Akasiwa – One who can’t be left
Akabana – (one who doesn’t rise ie. bedridden)
Akalemwa (one who can’t be seized)

Akeende (one who won’t go)
Akufuna – They are troubling themselves
Aungola/Aongola. – if they strengthen ie a challenge to the enemy to show strength.
Akamandisa – they can’t make me a hero ie respect and dignity is earned not given automatically
Alisinda (the reliable one)

Chuma means thing
Imbuwa – reliable one or keeper
Inyama – Meat Lover
Imaanga,liwanyika/lewanika – Builder or reconciler
Imataa (bad-tempered)
Ilinanga – Born during drought
Inambao (lion)

Indala (famine)
Ing’utu – (well-wisher)
Imuunga – Administrator
Kufekisa (to resemble)
Kabukabu. – small one or Kacana

Kufuna means to and fro
Katongo is a wanderer
Kufamuyeka – One who dies for what has been given
Katota is a person who knocks on something or hammers
Kapatiso means bolt fastener
Kuunga means to gather

Liboma – (the smasher)
Likando/Manyando – (sufferings)
Likonge is a kind of water grass
Lisulo(royal hunting party)
Lubinda (stubborn)
Lutangu – (a tale)
Liywali – Bad Day
Mwitumwa – War monger
Masiye- (orphan)
Mubiana- (one who misses someone or something)
Mundia -(one who deserts me)
Munjita -(one who calls me)

Mukatimui (bad woman)
Maamba,Yamba (plural) Samba (singular) mean to TALK or to speak
Mutafela (one who is finished)
Muyenga is to render fat or bees wax
Musowe (throw away)
Monde (born in the 1st quarter of the moon or disaster/ mysterious )
Mwangala (joy)
Naluca (f) (the wee one)
Nalukui (f) Ilukui (m) (fierce one)

Namakau (many hoes)
Namatama (big cheeks)
Namukolo (born in a canoe)
Nawa -(good company)
Ngonda-(peace)
Nyambe -(God)
Nambuwa – Trust
Nasishemo -(F) – compassion or favor
Mutondo (tree, medicine)
Sanana-(pertaining to children)
Sianga – (euphemism for crocodile)
Silishebo- (one born during famine)

Simasiku- (m) ,Namasiku & Nosiku (f) born at night
Simalumba – One who has been raise or associated great heights.
Situmbeko – igniting
Siisii – ugly one
Kusyo. – pertaining ro Rank
Saasa – He is not there or there is nothing
Sinka – To stop
Njekwa – Cause for laughter
Njelwa – Poor one
Nalishebo – Born during time of famine
Kufuna – To suffer
Lifuna – Sufferer
MUNALULA~stubborn

Akabana~one who doesn’t rise,that is, bedridden
Akeende~one who won’t go
Akakanda~one who doesn’t spoil,a trusted person
Akamandisa~meaning they cannot make me a hero
Akatokwa~meaning you will need something in future
Etambuyu~one who swears by mbuyu
Inonge~Complaints
Imataa~bad tempered

Inambao~lion
Ingutu~well wisher
Kalumiana~little man
Kawana~finder/small dish
Kwalombota~to follow them
Changoco is a useless person.
Changano means an “I don’t care person
Likando~suffering
Likezo~acts/deeds
Liseli~light
Liwali~bad day

Lungowe~beauty
Lubinda~stubborn
Lutangu~a tale
Limpo~blessings
Lubasi~family
Mubiana~one who misses someone or something
Mundia~one who deserts me
Mukatimui~bad woman
Musowe~throw away
Monde~born in the first quarter of the moon
Mwangala~joy
Musa~mercy
Matauka~the lost one
Mbangweta~he will swear in my name
Moota~soft one
Muhau~grace
Muimui~bad one
Muitumwa~someone for who something is sent
Mukela~the one who came
Mukubesa~one who plays with you
Maliwa~one who is eaten
Mubita~one here to stay
Mampi~group of worriers
Nalumino~cursed one
Nandila~one born on the way
Njekwa~a comic/one who is laughed at
Naluca~the wee one

Namakau~many hoes
Namatama~big cheeks
Namukolo~born in a canoe
Nawa~good company
Nyambe~God
Nalukui~fierce one
Namasiku~many nights
Ngonda~peace
Pumulo~rest
Pelekelo~one who can work for himself
Saboi~one who has immense fear
Sililo~born at the time of morning
Sitali~one prone to illness/born with use of charms
Sanana~pertaining to a child
Sianga~one whose ways are like that of a crocodile
Silishebo~one born during famine
Simasiku~born at night
Sanyambe~belonging to God
Sepiso~promise
Sepo~hope
Wamulume~mwana a muna(a mans son)
Wakumelo~one associated with remorse
Wamundila~born during a journey.
Lyato is a big canoe

Sitali – One who came on bad day
Mukelabai – born at bad time
Mutemwa – one who has been cut ie victim of witchcraft
Waluka – returnee or short lived one
Mwanangombe – one who love cattle keeper/ young of the cow or Calf
Akakulubelwa – One who can’t be relied upon.
Akalaluka – one who can’t live (last) long or short live
Masheta – the fresh juice on a joint of a bone
Maimbolwa – one who is being sung about or Talked
Mufaweli – One who dies first
Mbuyoti – Blessing
Musa- mercy
Munalula -cruel one

Imutulo,Namutulo and Simutulo – Means good luck (Mutulo means the North).according to Tradition its believed that all good thing comes from the North viaYunene or Lyambai eg bring soil,fish,floods etc and bad thing flows to the South (Mboela) hence the Names Imboela,Namboela and Simboela literally meanin BAD Luck.

Imutowana – finder
Inonge – one associated with complaints
Muyatwa – one who has been judged/judged one
Muhau – grace
Muyoyeta — redeemer
Liseli – light
Masiliso – consolation
Sepiso – Promise
Sepo – Hope
Tebuho – Thanksgiving
Likezo – Deeds/Acts
Mwakamui – bad year
Sibeso – Plaything
Tumelo – Faith

Thabo/Tabo – joy
Namate (f) Mate/Simate (m) -MATI,old people would say sometthing like (mati ki ao!!!) So in short it means Blessings
Kaneta – Little fighter
Limpo – Gifts
Luneta – big fighter
Lungowe – Beauty
Simataa – bad tempered
Mubuyaeta – resting one or Pumulo-resting
Ndangwa -im reconciled bound to
Silwanga,Imaanga and Lyanga
Ketiwe – chosen one
Batunda – where I/he/she comes from

Batuke- born to take control
Matauka (lost one)
Kacana – Small one
Kalumiana – little Man
Nandila – born on the way/route
Etambuyu – the one who swears by Mbuyu the first daughter of Nyambe (the Lozi God) and Nasilele(wife of Nyambe) was Mwambwa
Namasiku. – Born at night
Mukumbuta – one who lives alone
Tawila – welcome
Wina – Woman’s gathering/meeting
Nawina – one who is at Women’s gathering/ meeting.This is to do with Traditional division communal labour between male and female.

Mwanalushi – born in the bush
Kunyima – the past or Behind
Wamukwamba – one born amidst quarreling
Wamuluungwe. – born during time of trouble
Wamung’ungo – born out of turmoil

Wambulawaye – One who has nobody of their own
Watae – one who has his own possessions
Wakung’uma,Wamunyima – one who come las or last on (last born)

Akatoka – you will the future or Future
Mukong’a,Mukong’ola,Mukungu – a tunnel made by hippo in the reed
Nalikena – pure white cow
Twembuci – Our Own
Mwaekwa – Have you been there?
Songiso – Plaything
Sibiho – Reporter
Muitumwa – Someone for whom something is sent
Muyunda – Peeper

Muyambango – One who gathers in vain
Muyakwabo – You are going back to where you came from
Mubita – Passerby or wrestler
Kakanda/Akakaanda – Trusted person or someone who doesn’t spoil
Kawana – Finder or small dish
Kalima – Cultivator or farmer
Kuwabo – To finish
Sanalumba – belonging to someone who praises
Masinge/Masenge – Iron sheets
Meebelo – Manner of getting angry or place of anger
Wabei – born under bad circumstances
Silumelume – a Man of no social status
Saboi – Pertaining to a bad situation

Silumesi – it goes with appearances.it means a big Ugly Man.
Muyambekwa – the recipient of an imported gift
Muuseka- Rejoiner
Mukubesa – one who plays with you
Mukwita is a passer-by; to pass by
Mulemba is a kind of tree that produces rubber.
Mulikita means great big-game hunter, also boxer
Lyanga – Binder
Liwile – Something has fallen
Silwanga – reconciler

Simaanga – builder
Sayowa (m/f)- Brave or fearless one
Mununga – Joiner Arbitrator
Muyanwa,Muyapekwa – One who has been given generously therefore favored.
Muliwana – one who finds it
Mulwa – One who is eaten
Moola,Sibamba – favored one

Mwanamaa (mothers child) also means favored one
Muyangwa – Dispossessed One
Muletambo – Someone who brings Sadness
Mbuyoti – Blessings
Muuka – returnee

Mwala – Onlooker
Nalumino. – cursed one
Ngela – my adviser
Nsundano – fearless fighter
Mooto – Soft one

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