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)
Hanaŋa
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).