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1. Nyambe -God
2. Sepo - Hope
3. Sepiso- promise
4. Tabo - Joy
5. Tapelo - prayer
6. Limpo - Gift
7. Tumelo - Faith
8. Lilato- Love
9. Musa- mercy
10. Mbuyoti - Blessing
11. Muhau - Grace
12. Muyoyeta - Redeemer
13. Masiliso - consolation
14. Monde - born in the 1st quarter of the moon or can refer to disaster/ mysterious
15. Mampi - warrior
16. Tebuho - Thanksgiving
17. Nawa - good company
18. Lubasi - family
19. Pumulo - rest
20. Liseli - light
21. Naleli - star
22. In'utu - well wisher
23. Lungowe - beauty
24. Palisa - flower
25. Kozo - peace
26. Mwangala - joy
27. Situmbeko - igniting
28. Siisii - ugly one
29. Kaneta - Little fighter
30. Luneta- Big Fighter
31. Likezo - Deeds/Acts
32. Matauka - lost one
33. Kacana - Small one
34. Namasiku. - Born at night
35. Njekwa - Cause for laughter
36. Njelwa - Poor one
37. Nalishebo(female), Silishebo(male)- Born during time of famine
38. Kufuna - To suffer
39. Mutafela - one who is finished
40. Naluca - Tiny in Stature
41. Nalukui (female ) Ilukui (male ) - Fierce
42. Namakau - many hoes
43. Namatama - big cheeks
44. Namukolo - born in a canoe
45. Ngonda-peace
46. Nambuwa - Trust
47. Nasishemo -compassion
48. Mutondo - A tree/ Herbal medicine
49. Sanana- pertaining to children
50. Sianga - euphemism for crocodile
51. Simasiku(male) - Born at night
52. Namasiku & Nosiku -born at night
53. Akabana - bedridden
54. Akakulubelwa - One who can't be relied upon
55. Akalaluka - one who can't live (last) long or short live
56. Akalemwa - one who can’t be seized
57. Akamandisa - respect and dignity is earned not given automatically
58. Akasiwa - One who can't be left
59. Akatoka - you will the future or Future
60. Akeende - one who won’t go or move
61. Akufuna - “They are troubling themselves”
62. Alisinda - the reliable one
63. Amusaa - They are calling him
64. Aungola/Aongola - A challenge to an enemy to show strength
65. Batunda - where I/he/she comes from
66. Etambuyu - the one who swears by
67. Imaanga,liwanyika/lewanika - Builder
68. Imataa - bad-tempered
69. Imboela, Namboela , Simboela - Bad Luck (Mboela also means South)
70. Imbuwa - reliable one or keeper
71. Imuunga - Administrator
72. Imutowana - finder
73. Imutulo,Namutulo and Simutulo -Good luck (Mutulo also means the North)
74. Inambao -lion
75. Indala -famine
76. Inonge - one associated with complaints
77. Inyama - Meat Lover
78. Ilinanga - Born during drought
79. Ilukui (male ) - Fierce
80. Kabukabu - small one or Kacana
81. Kakanda/Akakaanda - Trusted person or someone who doesn't spoil
82. Kalima - Cultivator or farmer
83. Kalumiana - little Man
84. Kawana - Finder or small dish
85. Ketiwe - chosen one
86. Kufamuyeka - One who dies for what has been given
87. Kufekisa - to resemble
88. Kunyima - the past or Behind
89. Kuwabo - To finish
90. Kusyo - pertaining to Rank or Hierarchy
91. Liboma - the smasher
92. Lifuna - Sufferer
93. Likando/Manyando - sufferings
94. Liwile - Something has fallen
95. Lubinda - stubborn
96. Lutangu - a tale/ story
97. Liywali - Bad Day
98. Lyanga - Binder
99. Maimbolwa - one who is being sung about or Talked about
100. Masiye- orphan
101. Masheta - the fresh juice on a joint of a bone
102. Mboela, Imboela, Namboela , Simboela - Bad Luck (Mboela also means South)
103. Mbuyu - the first daughter of Nyambe (the Lozi God)
104. Mitali - One who came on bad day
105. Moola,Sibamba - favored one
106. Mooto - Soft one
107. Mubiana- one who misses someone or something
108. Mubita - Passerby or wrestler
109. Mubuyaeta -one who is resting
110. Mukumbuta - one who lives alone
111. Mukelabai - born at bad time
112. Mukong'a,Mukong'ola,Mukungu - a tunnel made by hippos in the reed
113. Mukubesa - one who plays with you
114. Muliwana - one who finds it
115. Mulumemui- A bad man
116. Mulwa - One who is eaten
117. Munjita - Caller
118. Mununga - Joiner Arbitrator
119. Munalula -cruel one
120. Mundia - Deserter
121. Muyangwa - Dispossessed One
122. Muyanwa,Muyapekwa - One who has been given generously therefore favored.
123. Muyatwa - one who has been judged
124. Muyambango - One who gathers in vain
125. Muyambekwa - the recipient of an imported gift
126. Muyakwabo - You are going back to where you came from
127. Muyunda - Peeper
128. Mufaweli - One who dies first
129. Mukatimui - A bad woman
130. Muitumwa - Someone for whom something is sent
131. Muletambo - Someone who brings Sadness
132. Muuka - returnee
133. Mwala - Onlooker
134. Mwanamaa (mothers child) also means favored one
135. Mwanangombe - one who loves cattle Or keeper, this could also mean a Calf
136. Mwaekwa - Have you been there?
137. Mwakamui - bad year
138. Nandila - born on the way
139. Nasilele(wife of Nyambe) who was Mwambwa
140. Nawina - one who is at Women's gathering or meeting.
141. Ngela - my adviser
142. Saasa - He is not there or there is nothing
143. Saboi - Pertaining to a bad situation
144. Sayowa (m/f)- Brave or fearless one
145. Sibiho - Reporter
146. Sibeso - Plaything
147. Silumelume - a Man of no social status
148. Silumesi - it goes with appearances.it means a big Ugly Man.
149. Silwanga - reconciler
150. Simaanga - builder
151. Sinka - To stop
152. Songiso - Plaything
153. Tawila - welcome
154. Twembuci - Our Own
155. Wabei - born under bad circumstances
156. Wakung'uma,Wamunyima - one who come last or (last born)
157. Waluka - returnee or short lived one
158. Wamuluungwe. - born during time of trouble
159. Wamung'ungo - born out of turmoil
160. Wambulawaye - One who has nobody of their own
161. Watae - one who has his own possessions
162. Wina - Woman
163. Wina - Woman's gathering/meeting
164. Simbotwe- Frog 🐸
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