Noun

MEANING

Small sticks pegged in the ground around the garden.

indigenous belief attributes to them the power of preventing wild animals from raiding the garden.

Example of use

-Shimpa ificili,MEANING: To peg small sticks in the ground around the garden.

SYNONYM/SIMILAR WORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Impopo.

OTHER RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

Mulombwa, mupula-mpumpi,mupaapi (Muluuka) mulungu eyo bashimpako ificili. These trees are used to peg ‘ficili’ round the garden.

FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Nil.

PROVERBS

Nil.