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Mutupo · Tshivenda

Lambani

Also spelled Halambani.

  • PeopleVhavenda
  • Mutupo Nḓou — elephant (the Nḓou of Halambani are one of the Vhaṱavhatsindi elephant lines)
  • Grouping Vhatavhatsindi (as one of the Nḓou lines)
  • Surnames recorded Lambani
  • Places recorded Mafukani

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Netshisaulu records the surname as a nickname from a verb meaning to refuse: a man named Lambani turned down a small piece of land at Mafukani and later took a larger territory that became Halambani. Elsewhere in the same article the Nḓou of Halambani are named among the Vhaṱavhatsindi elephant lines. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Nthambeleni Charles Ṋetshisaulu (University of Venda), The Role Played by Nicknames and Totems in the Development of Tshivenḓa Surnames, 2025 — https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EHASS20256715.pdf

Recorded Alongside

  • Dzivhani Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Kwinḓa Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Luvhimbi Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Makuya Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Manenzhe Also recorded among the Vhavenda.
  • Matidza Also recorded among the Vhavenda.

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