shusha

verb

to lower; to unload.

A causative form of shuka.

Forms

Its earlier history is still under review.

Sources3

Mzee Morino Tsuneo and Nassor Nakazima Hisasi (editors), A dictionary of the Swahili language (Tokyo: ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 1990–1997), +shusha; [S24].
Records lowering and unloading cargo.
A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903), PDF page 369.
Identifies shusha as a causative of shuka.
Edward Steere, A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884), PDF page 413.
Attests the infinitive kushusha.

Shusha sanduku hili, tafadhali.
Lower this box, please.
Shusha begi chini.
Lower the bag to the ground.
Wameshusha mizigo yote.
They have unloaded all the luggage.
Dereva alishusha mizigo kwenye kituo.
The driver unloaded the luggage at the station.
Tafadhali shusha ndoo polepole.
Please lower the bucket slowly.
Tunashusha masanduku kutoka kwenye lori.
We are unloading boxes from the truck.
Usishushe begi langu bado.
Do not unload my bag yet.
Walishusha bendera jioni.
They lowered the flag in the evening.
Masanduku yameshushwa kutoka kwenye lori.
The boxes have been unloaded from the truck.