Verb Transitive

MEANING

 To hide a thing; to conceal, hide knowledgefrom. To be mystified, kept in the dark.

Example of use

1.     –Ufise umucele mu nama;ukalunga munshi?MEANING: You hid thesalt when you had meat; what are you going to season with it?

2.     –Fisa umulandu,MEANING: To conceal acase, event, etc.

1.     –Kuti wafisa umuntu, mulungu ena tekuti umufise,MEANING: You can hide knowledge from a man, but you cannot do likewise towardsGod.

2.     –Uwe shuko tafishilwa,MEANING: The fortunate man is never mystified (no one can hide anything fromhim).

3.    –Waseeluka umubiyo auti: ni uyu aibile,iwe waifisa, MEANING: You placed all the blame onyour companion, saying: “He is the one who stole” and you concealed yourmisdeeds.

 

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

–Fwiitika, -Tukika,

RELATEDWORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

REFLEXIVE:–Ifisa.

PASSIVE:–Fiswa.

APPLICATIVE:–Fishila. PASSIVE:–Fishilwa.

FIGURATIVESPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIAL USE/EXPRESSIONS

Nil.

PROVERBS

Nil.