itono

n. · class 5/6

1. locust, grasshopper. Locust, grasshopper. A type of destructive insect that swarms and devours crops, frequently mentioned in biblical contexts as a plague or divine judgment.

Example: Thama 10.12-15. Uumithio wao wa mĩgũnda naguo akĩũhe itono, (He gave their harvest to the caterpillar,); Onjorithia aku nĩ kũingĩhia ũmaingĩhĩtie magakĩra njata cia igũrũ, no itono-rĩ, cio itirĩ hingo itarĩanaga, cianangane, na icoke ciĩũmbũkĩre. (You have made your traders Traders : agents of the economic exploitation that sustained and enriched the Assyrian empire. more numerous)