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Craft Lines

Names taken from the work of a founding ancestor. They are Creole words.

Line name Meaning
Bahariji fisher
Majitunga water finder
Motokazi geothermal engineer
Tulanga builder
Shandaji trader
Siriji keeper of secrets, Archivist
Kinaji teacher
Tibaji healer
Nondoji farmer
Shimuji singer, maker of songs
Korasha scout
Bantay watch, warden
Hangakuta windbreak (a line of wall builders)
HanaƋa stormroot (a line that plants shelter belts)

Some craft lines describe the founder or the home ground, not the work: Majivu (ash), Vumbi (dust), Chuma (iron), Jiko (hearth), Mkono (hand), Mzizi (root), Majisafi (clean water), Mawingu (mist), Tufani (storm), Hangapole (gentle wind), Hangabaridi (nightward wind), Lawa (pool), Tazama (watch), Haraka (quick), Alama (mark).