ihiira
- , the; burning of a hut, homestead, or house; embers, ashes, charred ruins of a; burnt hut; mburi ya kuhoria; sacri¬; fice performed by village elders while; a new hut is being built (a weaver¬; bird nest is burnt as part of the cere¬; mony). hiira,; n. charred end of; grass after a grass-burning; nyeki ya; fresh growth of grass after a fire or; drought; mbura ya kumeria (kuhoria); the first light rains after the dry; season;
Example: a new hut is being built