noun

Plural: imishishi

MEANING.

The stem of a Livingstone potato.

 

PROVERBS.

Ishishi lya mumbu uko lisendeme, eko lilewila.

Literal translation:

Where the creeper of a potato leans, there it falls.

Meaning,

The habits of a man will remain with him until death. Where the tree leans, there it falls: as you live so you will die. Death is like the 'mumbu' stems, where they lean, there they fall.

 

Bemba Meaning.

`Umuti uko wasendamina eko ukawila. Mukolwe uko angalila eko akafwila. Fundi wansafu afwa kunsofu'. Akamusango kabi ako umuntu akwata kuti kamutwala kumfwa.

 

Similar proverb

Imfwa yaba ngeshishi lya mumbu: uko lisendamina eko liwila.