noun

Plural: amashinte

MEANING.

The stump of a tree: the foot of a tree or plant.

Example of use.

• Putwila umuti mwishinte, MEANING: Cut the tree at the foot.

• Ifibimbi ukutwala fitambila mwishinte, MEANING: The cucumber start bearing at the foot of the plant.

MEANING 2.

The big end of a pole, reed etc.

Example of use.

Pakusanta umutete batula mwishinte MEANING: When splitting the reeds, they start at the big end.

MEANING 3.

The beginning of something 

Palya epeshinte lya uyu mulandu, MEANING that is the beginning of this problem

MEANING 4

Stock, stock family.

Example of use.

Eshinte lyesu uko twatuntuka boonse, MEANING: That is the family stock from which we all originated.