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).