Verb transitive

MEANING.

To cause to enter, put in, bring in.

Example of use.

• -Ingisha imbushi, MEANING: To bring in the goats.

• -Ingisha umupando, MEANING: To put a chair inside.

• -Ingisha ulubuli mu mushi, MEANING: To cause quarrels in the village.

• Bakanyingishisha ubwinga, MEANING: They will introduce me into my mother-in-law’s house.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST.

Nil.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS.

PASSIVE: -Ingishiwa. APPLICATIVE: -ingishisha.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS.

-Ingisha umuntu mu ?anda mwa nafyala, MEANING: To introduce a man in his mother-in-law’s house. Ceremony performed after a few years of married life. It ends the “kutina amako” (fear of the in-laws).

PROVERBS.

Nil.