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;
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Sirende...
Lutalalia
Silikwa...
Elondo...
Silongo...
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