kisima

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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kisima class VII (plural visima class VIII)

1. well (hole sunk into the ground)
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], stanza 14:

     نِكَمَ كِسِمَ كِسِگُ وُمْبِّ ، كِنْيِ مْتَپَاءَ مَانَ وَغُمْبِ

     Ni-kama kisima kisicho ombe, chenye mta-paa mwana wa-ng'ombe,

     It is like a shallow well where charges a young bull;