Resource 3: Lunda kinship terms
Teacher resource for planning or adapting to use with pupils
| Lunda term | Explanation | |
| mama | mother, aunt on mother's side | |
| a-mama | mothers, mother's sisters | |
| (Honorific 'mothers' in general) | ||
| mama wakansi | aunt, a younger ‘mother’, mother's | |
| younger sister | ||
| mama wamukulumpi | aunt, mother's older sister | |
| tata | father, uncle on father's side | |
| a-tata | fathers, fathers' brothers | |
| (Honorific 'fathers' in general) | ||
| tata wakansi | uncle, a younger ‘father’, father's | |
| younger brother | ||
| tata wamukulumpi | uncle, father's older brother | |
| yaya | older brother, sister or cousin | |
| a-yaya | older relation | |
| Used honorifically as well | ||
| mwanyikami | young brother | |
| anyikijami | young brothers | |
| muhela | sister (sister to brother) | |
| a-hela | sisters (sisters to brother) | |
| a-muhela | (honorific 'sister') | |
| mandumi | uncle on mother's side | |
| a-mandumi | mother's brothers | |
| Used as honorific as well | ||
| tatankaji, tata wamumbanda | aunt on father's side (female father) | |
| a-tatankaji, atata wamumbanda | father's sisters (used as honorific) | |
| nkaka | grandfather, grandmother | |
| a-nkaka | grandfathers, grandmothers | |
| mwizukulu | grandchild | |
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Resource 2: Another kinship chart
