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- may it not be. May it not be. An interjection expressing a strong wish that something not happen; used in oaths and curses, often in the formula 'Ngai aro' (May God forbid); a particle of imprecation or prohibition.
Example: Aro 13.1 Atĩrĩĩrĩ, mwaheirwo ũnene kuuma kũrĩ Mwathani, (Because authority was given you by the Lord); Nake Nabothu akĩĩra Ahabu atĩrĩ, Jehova aro’thũũra ingĩkũhe ũgai ũrĩa aa baba maagaire, atĩ ũtuĩke waku. (Naboth said to Ahab, “The L ord forbid that I should give you my ancestral heritage.” Heritage : Hebrew naḥalah . Naboth is unwilling to sell or exchange his vineyard. According to the Israelite system of land tenure and distribution, land was held in common within a social unit. The ancestral naḥalah was not private property, to be alienated at will.)