kĩgi
- loud wailing. Loud wailing, bitter crying. An intense form of lamentation or mourning characterized by loud, anguished vocal expressions of grief or distress.
Example: maanĩrĩre nĩ ũndũ waku, na makũrĩrĩre na kĩgi, na meitĩrĩrie rũkũngũ mĩtwe, na megaragarie mũhu-inĩ; (They raise their voices over you); Atĩrĩrĩ, njamba ciakuo iraanĩrĩra irĩ nja, o nao andũ arĩa maarekirio makaare ũhoro wa thayũ nĩ kũrĩra mararĩra na kĩgi. (See, the men of Ariel cry out in the streets,)