tishu

See also: tìshú

Choctaw

Noun

tishu

1. servant, waiter

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English tissue.

Noun

tishu class IX (plural tishu class X)

1. (biology) tissue (aggregation of cells)
   • 2018 January 17, “Apasuka koo kwa kujaribu kuzuia kupiga chafya”, in BBC News Swahili‎^[1]:

     Mtu huyo alilazimika kulishwa kwa kutumia paipu kwa siku saba mfululilizo ili kutoa fursa kwa tishu hizo kupona.

     The man had to be fed through a tube for seven days in a row to give the tissue a chance to heal.