ĩthema

v.

1. avoid, refrain. Avoid; refrain from. Reflexive imperative form meaning to keep oneself from doing something harmful or undesirable. In agriculture, used in advisory contexts to warn against practices that cause problems such as storing incompatible crops, dense sowing, or planting diseased material.

Example: Handa mĩtĩ ya kĩruru na ya kũhinga rũhuho na ũrongoreirie icigo iria igũmagĩrwo nĩ mũrimũ ũyũ. Wĩtheme kũhanda mĩũngũrwa yumĩte icigo iria irĩ na mũrimũ. (Plant shade trees and wind breaks on exposed sides of BBC areas. Avoid planting material from known BBC areas); Wĩtheme mori nguhĩ na njĩra ya gũcihe irio njega ĩrĩ na protein ya kũigana. (Avoid short heifers by balancing the ration and including enough crude protein.); Wĩtheme kũhe njanjo ĩrĩ maaĩ-inĩ kũrĩ ngũkũ itarĩ cia kũhingĩrwo nĩundũ nociage kũnyua gĩthimi kĩrĩa kĩagĩrĩire.Na ithenya-inĩ rĩu ũihe na njĩra ya gũtatĩria ritho kana iniũrũ. (Avoid giving vaccine in water or feed for free-ranging chickens as it is not easy for chickens to consume the right dosage. Instead use eye/nostril drops); Gũtema na gũcina mahuti na honge ciothe ndwaru, kweheria thuna kaingĩ na gwĩthema gũkua mĩũngũrwa kuuma kũndũ kũria kũgũmĩirwo nĩ mũrimũ wa Bacterial Blight. (cutting off and burning infected twigs and branches, frequent de-suckering and avoiding transportation of seedlings from Bacterial Blight prone areas.); Nĩgetha kũrigĩrĩria gũtherema kwa mĩrimũ. He bata kwamba kũiga keheri-inĩ ngũkũ o yothe ng'eni mbere ya kũmĩingĩria kũrĩ iria ingĩ na ningĩ gwĩthema gũtukania ngũkũ kuuma ihumo itiganĩte. (To prevent the spread of diseases, it’s important to quarantine any new birds before introducing them to your existing flock and to avoid mixing birds from different sources); Hagĩrĩire gũkorwo heharaya na ciũmba cia ngũkũ ingĩ, nyũmba ya ngũrwe na kiũgũ kĩa ng'ombe nĩguo gwĩthema na inegene na mĩrimũ. (The site should be far from other poultry farms, piggery or dairy to avoid noise and diseases.)