batiĩ

v. · class n/a

can, able to. Can, able to. Auxiliary verb expressing possibility, capability, or potential to perform an action.

Example: ĩka imwe ĩbatiĩ kũhandwo itina cigana cia kahũa? (How many coffee trees can be planted in an īka?); Mĩmera mĩega na ĩrĩ umithio ĩbatiĩ kũhandanĩrio na kahũa nĩ waru, nyanya hamwe na mboco. (The technically and economically viable intercrops for coffee were potatoes, tomatoes, beans, and tomatoes in combination with beans.); Nĩ bataraitha ĩrĩkũ ya mathangũ njega mũno gũkũ Kenya na nĩrĩ ĩbatiĩ kũhũrwo mĩtĩ? (Best foliar fertilizer for coffee in Kenya and when to spray?)

Related words

ibati — sheet of corrugated iron

bata — aga bata (see under aga); ndũrĩ na bata nume (you have no business to insult me)

kabati — cupboard; storage furniture with shelves and doors, modern household item adopte

Mabati — Iron sheets; corrugated metal roofing material, modern building sheets that larg

kĩbati — gĩa coco (necklace worn by newly initiated girls made from roots and stems of th

batia — require, need. Require, need. To be necessary or required; used in agricultural