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atunyani

n. · class a- plural (likely from mũtunyani)

  1. robbers, thieves. Robbers, thieves. Persons who steal or take property by force or violence; bandits or revolutionaries who engage in theft and violent acts.

Example: Hema cia atunyani nĩcio ciikaraga igaacĩire; (Yet the tents of robbers are prosperous,); Nao atunyani arĩa maambĩtwo mĩtĩ igũrũ hamwe nake o nao makĩmũruma o ũguo. (The revolutionaries who were crucified with him also kept abusing him in the same way.)