Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Words for the Natural & Built Environment in Lubukusu

1. Kumusiru - A large and dense forested area; covered with trees and thicket.

2. Sichakha - A bush or thicket, often without tall or huge trees. ‎

3. Sichiimi – Uninhabited lands, forested, open or rugged. 

4. ‎Kumubimbi – They are vast lands that are yet to be occupied by any people‎. 

5. Mundaa – It is general term for wilderness, inhabited by snakes and wild game. ‎

6. Lusambu – It refers to ancestral lands for growing crops and communal living. 

7. ‎‎Lukulu - Hilly, sloppy lands or mountain ranges. Some have fertile volcanic soil for growing crops others covered with bare rock with thicket. 

8. Lukuku (elembe) - opposite of lukulu, broad, flat level lands.

9. Khatuluku – A knoll, or a very small hill.‎

10. Emayo – This is nestled valley, often at the feet of hills or mountains. ‎

11. Ekewa -This is meadow which is open, flat lands, usually wetland. 

12. ‎Situti – This is land bordering river, usually fertile for growing crops (kumukunda kwe ekewa) 

13. ‎Siangalamwe - Arid or patched dry land, usually unsuitable for cultivation (desert-like) ‎

14. Libumbi – It is a small parcel of land near homestead, usually composited (with manure) ‎

15. Silundu – A small parcel of land nearby the homestead for growing chinyenyi nende nasimia yekhuranga (kumukunda kwe khwitikii) 

16. ‎Lirome - Resting fallow land, left uncultivated for a while to regain fertility or waiting next planting season. 

17. ‎Sichaki - A parcel of land left for parents (widow or widower) after the family land division to the children. ‎

18. Luyekhe – Dry, loose sandy lands‎. 

19. Lurambasi – Heavy moist clay lands

20. Lulwanda- A rock outcrop, bare rock with little or no visible soil. 

21. Luluchi/khakhechi- A flowing river.

22. Enyanja – A large body of water, lake or sea. 

Other terms;

Liroro...
Litisi...
Liyabo...
Sitolola...
Lurare...
Kumwombe...
Sinoko...
Lukhuna...
Engakha... 
Sirende... 
Lutalalia
Silikwa... 
Elondo... 
Silongo... 


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