Surname · Tshivenda
Vhadau
Also spelled Mudau, Vhadau vha Damani, Vhadau vha Tshakhuma.
A mutupo of the Vhavenda, recorded in Tshivenda, which the sources also call Venda.
Tshivenda
- PeopleVhavenda
- Mutupo Ndau — lion
- Grouping Vhangona
- Surnames recorded Mudau
- Places recorded Tshakhuma, Damani, Mashau, Thenzheni, Tshiheni, Luheni, Luonde, Mount Songozwi, Mount Tshitumbe, Messina
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Luonde.co.za - Brief History; Ngomalungundu (community heritage site), accessed 2026-09-05, luonde.co.za — https://luonde.co.za/brief-history/ and https://luonde.co.za/brief-history/ngomalungundu
- Vhadau vha Tshakhuma (Tshivenda-language typescript on the Vhadau of Tshakhuma and the early peoples of Venda; author… — https://repository.up.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/e2593648-436f-4316-87cf-b72e71970958/content
- 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
- The Ramunangi Claim of Rights to the Sacred Sites of Phiphidi Waterfall (Lanwadzongolo and Guvhukuvhu), 2008, sacredland.org (document authored by the clan) — https://sacredland.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Ramunangi-Claim-of-Rights_15Nov08.pdf
- Wikipedia contributors, Venda people (Wikipedia article), accessed 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venda_people
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