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Examples
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Lamba inongo "bathing pot"; Lenje nongo, n. "earthen vessel for water, cooking."
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Lamba n. umunsi (imi -) "pestle"; Tsonga pl. musi "pestle, stamper"; Lenje muinshi, mwinshi n. (minshi) "pestle, pole for pounding grain."
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Lenje mwiko/miko, n. "large spoon, ladle"; Zigua lwiko ny -, mwiko mi - "ladle."
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Lenje chilala, n. "cultivated ground disused, fallow"; Sukuma lilala/ma - "fallow land"; Lamba icilala (ifi -) "fallow ground."
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Lenje kamwali, n. "a young girl"; Zigua mwali, wa - "bridegroom, bride"; Nurse and Hinnebusch, Swahili and Sabaki, 617; Schoenbrun, The Historical Reconstruction of Great Lakes Bantu Cultural Vocabulary, 105 – 6. back
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Zigua biga (ma -) "a water-jar"; Yao wiga, chi - "a pot or vessel of any kind"; Lenje luŵia/chiŵia "earthen pot."
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Lenje chiŵiŵi "fallen trees, piles of sticks, branches, etc"; Lenje liŵiŵi, ma - n. "litter of felled trees, broken branches, etc. in making a clearing"; - ŵiŵi adj. "bad, ugly"; Zigua n. wiwi ma - "heap (of rubbish in fields)."
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The Lozi in Katuba must stand in Katuba and the Lenje in Monze or Mongu must stand where they stay.
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I feel I have done more to try to improve things there than some of the biological Lenje people.
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But if he means a Lenje by blood, then the matter will bring further tribalism because Katuba has many Shonas, Tongas, Bembas, Easterners and Lozis who speak Lenje, know no other home and have the passion and ability to develop it.
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