gũthĩa
- to digest, process. To digest. To break down food or feed in the digestive system to extract nutrients; in agricultural context, also refers to processing crops or agricultural products.
Example: Gũthĩa kahũa: thutha wa kũgetha, kahũa kahĩtũkagira makinya ta gũkonyora, kũũmithia kana gũcina niguo kagie mũcamo mwega. (Processing process: After being harvested, coffee beans often need to go through processing steps such as peeling, drying, or cooking to remove the skin and coffee beans and create a high-quality p...); Vitamin itiongagĩrĩrwo irio-inĩ nĩũndũ nyingĩ ya cio nĩcionekaga mahuti-inĩ matarĩ momũ na imwe igathondekerwo nda thĩinĩ nĩ tũhengereta tũrĩa tũteithagia gũthĩa irio. (Vitamins are usually not added to dairy cattle rations because most of them are obtained from green forages and some are made in the rumen by microorganisms.); Maaĩ no ma bata hari gũthĩa irio, gũteithia kũiga mwĩrĩ gĩthimo-inĩ kĩega kĩa ũrugarĩ (for feed to be digested, to cool the body when it is too hot)