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ciimba

n. · class 8/8

  1. corpses, dead bodies. Corpses. Dead bodies, especially of human beings; remains of deceased persons.

Example: Tondũ oothe maarĩ na ciimba itarĩ ithabu, (And all alike by one common form of death); Ciimba nĩciarĩĩkĩĩtie kũiganĩrĩrwo hĩba hĩba, (For when corpses had already fallen one on another in heaps,)

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