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Shiftable
Shiftable Shift"a*ble, a. Admitting of being shifted.
Unshiftable
Unshiftable Un*shift"a*ble, a. 1. That may ?ot be shifted. 2. Shiftless; helpless. [Obs.]

Meaning of Shifta from wikipedia

- Shifta originally was a word that had a heroic or anti-heroic connotation rather than a villainous character (similar to the historical romanticization...
- The Shifta War or Gaf Daba (1963–1967) was a secessionist conflict in which ethnic Somalis in the Northern Frontier District (NFD) of Kenya attempted to...
- response to the grwoing number of Shifta ambushes. Also dispatched were additional police and the General Service Unit. The Shifta were lightly loaded and very...
- the Shifta War. He was promoted as Deputy Commander of the Kenya Army on 28 November 1966 where he further distinguished himself during the Shifta War...
- in a number of conflicts in and around Kenya, including the 1963 – 1969 Shifta War and the 1982 Kenyan coup. The objectives of the General Service Unit...
- Marehan, and Facaye Sade clans. After the Shifta War primarily fought by the Marehan who were given the title Shifta, the tribe were forced to either migrate...
- depending on the agricultural season. The Arbegnoch or Patriots were called Shifta by the Italians. The Patriots had the near-total support of the Tewahedo...
- Light Infantry of the British Army. The battalion saw action during the Shifta War and it is credited with the formulation of present-day anti banditry...
- the name "Republic of Kenya". Concurrently, the Kenyan army fought the Shifta War against ethnic Somali rebels inhabiting the Northern Frontier District...
- conventional wars and border skirmishes in the form of the 1964 Border War, the Shifta War, the Ogaden War, the Rhamu Incident, and the 1982 Border war, which...