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Athiĩ

n.

  1. travelers; people who journey from place to place; those who move between regions for trade, visiting, or migration in Gĩkũyũ society.

Example: "Aninĩte thikũ inya kuma athiĩ na acoka mũciĩ kwĩ mũthenya wa kana wa kiumia" — He has been away for four days since he left and will return home on Sunday.

Etymology: Plural of mũthii. A- prefix = plural of person class nouns.

Related words

  • mwatha — ruler; person in authority who governs or has dominion over others
  • ciathĩ — seasons, festivals. Seasons. Appointed times or periods; religious festivals or
  • gĩathũ — Rĩika rĩtihithagwo gĩathũ (you cannot hide anything - not even the thing you are
  • gũathi — cow with large white patch from belly to ridge on one side
  • mbatha — sulks, huff, pique; 2. sense of grievance, umbrage; 3. aggressiveness, quarrelso
  • mbathi — motor bus; municipal bus
  • mbathũ — (n.k.) heavy fog; smoky haze
  • mwathi — master; authority figure, person holding supreme power or ownership over others,
  • mwathiũ — mwathiũũmwe (a single sneeze - regarded as unlucky)
  • ngatho — thanks; gratitude; thanksgiving
  • rũathe — cutting tool; sharp implement used for cutting or dividing objects into pieces
  • wathe — e na wathe (he has something permanently wrong with him); wathe wa gũtũika ati a