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Surname · Tshivenda

Lambani

Also spelled Halambani.

A mutupo of the Vhavenda, recorded in Tshivenda, which the sources also call Venda.

Tshivenda

  • 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

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Part of Mitupo: Shona and Venda clan totems

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

Where This Came From

  • 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

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