Surname · Xitsonga
Rikhotso
Also spelled Rikotjo, Rikotcho, Vanyamatsi, Rivisi / Ubisi / Sibisi.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Totem milk (masi / rivisi / ubisi) — Malungana: the clan takes cow's milk as its totem and is addressed as Rivisi or
- Grouping Dzonga (Djonga) group (Junod); VaMbayi cluster with Khosa, Rivisi and Mbhanyele (Wikipedia, uncited)
- Surnames recorded Rikhotso, Rivisi, Nkon'wana, Mavatlo / Mavatlu, Mbhatleko, Mitseve, Marholeni
- Places recorded Southern Mozambique, Ritavi, Mafarana, Keulen, Giyani, Nwamankena, Chiawela, Xikhumba, Nsavulana, Vuhehli, Mahatlana, Hlanganani
Part of Swivongo: Tsonga clan names
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- User submission (Eugene Rikhotso) on the Castle Milk Stout Clanopedia, Clanopedia: Rikhotso, read 2026-09-05, Anheuser-Busch InBev / SAB — https://www.castlemilkstout.co.za/clan-praise/rikhotso
- User submission (Eugene Rikhotso) on the Castle Milk Stout Clanopedia, Clanopedia: Rikhotso, read 2026-09-05, Anheuser-Busch InBev / SAB — https://www.castlemilkstout.co.za/clan-praise/rikhotso (milk name and sub-clans only)
- Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
- Shidjabadjaba John Malungana, Vuphato: Praise Poetry in Xitsonga (D.Litt. et Phil. thesis), 1994 — https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Vuphato---praise-poetry-in/9913242107691
- Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
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