Noun.

Singular: icishiki

Plural: ifishiki   

MEANING

A stump of tree, the stump of an amputated hand.

Example of use

Cishiki calyuma.

MEANING: The stump is dry.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Ciputulwa.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

? : Ulya ni cishiki mu nshitentela mwela, 

LITERAL TRANSLATION: That man is a regular stump; no amount of wind can move him.

MEANING: a person who cannot be threaghtened by mare words of the mouth 

? Ateka iciwa pa chishiki, 

LITERAL TRANSLATION: He has placed the devil on the stump of a tree. 

MEANING: He has strengthened his authority.