ituanĩra
- division, turn, shift. Division, turn, shift. A scheduled period or rotation for service or duty, especially in religious or organizational contexts; an assigned group or team that serves in rotation.
Example: Na Bakabukia, na Uno, nao nĩo maarĩbũraga ariũ a ithe wao ituanĩra-inĩ rĩao. (while Bakbukiah and Unno and their kinsmen ministered opposite them by turns.); Na gũgĩkinya atĩrĩ, atĩ Zakaria nĩaakorirũo akĩruta wĩra wa mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai hĩndĩ ya ituanĩra rĩake yakinya, (Once when he was serving as priest in his division’s turn before God,)