ciumia
- weeks. Weeks. A period of seven days; plural form used to count multiple weeks.
Example: Atĩrĩ, matukũ-inĩ macio-rĩ, niĩ Danieli ndaikarĩte ciumia ithatũ ndĩĩthikĩire ngwatĩtwo nĩ kĩeha, (In those days, I, Daniel, mourned three full weeks.); Ningĩ wĩtaragĩre ciumia mũgwanja, ũcirutĩtie o hĩndĩ ĩrĩa gũgaitĩka kũrengwo ngano ĩrĩa ĩrũngiĩ mũgũnda ĩtarĩ ngethe, (You shall count off seven weeks; begin to count the seven weeks from the day when the sickle is first put to the standing grain.)