nshi
Interrogative noun
MEANING.
What?
Example of use.
1 Ulefwaya nshi? MEANING: What do you want?
2 Ulempeela nshi? MEANING: What will you give me?
3 Ici cintu ca nshi? MEANING: What is it for?
4 Bushiku nshi? MEANING: On what day?
SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.
Nil.
MEANING 2.
The earth.
Example of use.
1 Mwine nshi,MEANING: The master of the earth.
2 Panonshi yakwa Lesa pabaukufwanaukubola, Meaning. Here on God’s earth one has to die and decay.
SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.
Mwine calo.
MEANING 3.
On the ground, down.
Example of use.
Ubwalwa bwashalafye panshi yansupa, MEANING: The beer only remains (down) at the bottom of the calabash.
MEANING 4.
(Colloquial) a negative form of the 1st person with the repletion of the verb in the passive, denoting an intensive of astonishment or admiration.
Example of use.
Camucenene nshicenwa MEANING: It injured him terribly.
SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.
Camucenene tee pa kumucena.
Example of use.
Aamumine shumwa MEANING: He gave him an awful beating.
SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.
Aamumine, tee pa kumuuma