Example: "Ararĩ mwana wa keerĩ harĩ ciana igĩrĩ" — He was the second child among two children.
harĩ2
v./prep. · there is
At, to, there is. (1) Existential: 'there is/are' (harĩ andũ aingi = there are many people); (2) Prepositional: 'at, to, with, concerning' (harĩ Ngai = with/before God; harĩ niĩ = to me, as for me). Essential function word in Gĩkũyũ.
Related words
rĩanga — war spoil; object taken from defeated enemies as proof of victory, traditionally
tũrĩ — piebald cow or she-goat, black and white or red and white in colour; 3. gituri,