ĩrekagia

v.

1. lays, produces. Lays, produces. Habitual form describing the regular production of eggs by birds or the depositing of eggs by insects on plant material.

Example: Ndariri: Ngũkũ kana njui ĩrĩa ndwaru irekagia mathagu, ikarĩa na wũitangi, maguoya makaambũrũrũka na mũkanye na mĩthirimo ĩrĩ na rangi mũthitu. (Symptoms: Infected birds or chicks become droopy, look unthrifty, and usually have ruffled feathers, pale beaks, and shanks.); Ngũkũ nyingĩ irekagia matumbi maita merĩ nginya mana o mwaka na o rita, ikarekia matumbĩ ikumĩ nginya ikumĩ na merĩ. (Most chickens produce 2-4 clutches of eggs a year (10-12 eggs per clutch)); Ngi ng'ima irekagia matumbĩ mathangũ-inĩ marĩa matarĩ makũrũ. (Adult fly lays eggs on the young leaf tissues.)