SELECTED ROYAL TERMS USED IN BAROTSE NAMES TITLES AND THEIR MEANINGS

 SELECTED ROYAL TERMS USED IN BAROTSE NAMES TITLES AND THEIR MEANINGS.

Bo-ishee: husbands of princesses.

Ishee: title of a husband of a princess, usually conferred with a new title on marriage.

Kashandi: council chamber.

Kuomboka: the ceremony in which the Litunga journeys in state from his summer residence to his winter palace.

Kuta: parliament.

Lealui: the summer palace of the Litunga.

Likombwa: stewards.

Likwanabi: commoner relatives of the Royal Family.

Lilalo: sub-district.

Limulunga: the winter palace of the Litunga.

Linabi: the descendants of kings through males and females for five generations, i.e. the Royal Family.

Linalinga: junior wife of a King.

Lindumeleti: representative of the King in an outlying district, sent to supervise the collection of tribute.

Litunga: 'the earth', i.e. the King.

Litunga la Mboela: 'earth of the south'. The Princess Royal.

Lutatai: royal pavillion.

Lutungalo: a royal drum.

Mabuto: royal bodyguard.

Mafulo: palace.

Makoshi: title of the Litunga's official sister.

Malozi: the people of Barotseland.

Manduna: counsellors of the right.

Maoma: Royal drums.

Mbumu wa Litunga: 'great one of the earth', the King.

Meyana: wife of a prince whose father never reigned.

Moyoo: the title of the principal wife of the Litunga.

Mukwae: princess.

Mulena: chief.

Mulena Yomuhulu: 'the Great Chief', i.e. the King.

Mulena Mukwai: 'Chief Princess', i.e. Princess Royal Mulena Mukwai Mboanyikana

Mulundwelu: Prince Consort to the Mulena Mukwai.

Mutanga: subject, vassal.

Mwana' Mulena: 'son of the king', i.e. prince.

Mwana Mulena Kufuna: the usual title of the Litunga's eldest son, the "first prince", or "marshal of the princes".

Mwana Mulena Kaluwe: the usual title of the Litunga's second son.

Mwenduko: royal drum.

Nalikwanda: Royal barge.

Natamoyo wa Lwambi: 'the sanctuary of the South', a Minister of State to the Princess Royal.

Natamoyo wa Namuso: 'the sanctuary of the north', a Minister of State to the King, usually a prince of the blood.

Natandi: title of a wife of a prince of whose father once reigned.

Ngambela: Chief Minister.

Sambi: chief counsellor of the Princess Royal.

Solami: chief counsellor of the King.

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