kũhĩa

to ripen, mature. To ripen, to mature. To reach full development or maturity. In agricultural contexts, refers to crops reaching maturity (late blight stage in potatoes), seedlings maturing for transplanting, or the maturation period from planting to harvest. Also used for sunlight treatment of seed tubers.

Example: Ingĩgĩrĩrĩria atĩa kũhĩa kwa mathangũ kana leaf rust ya kahũa? (How to manage Leaf Rust in coffee?); Kũgũmĩrũo nĩ mĩrimũ: Kũgũmĩrũo nĩ PCN (G rostochiensis), mũrimũ wa kũhĩa, mũrimũ wa blackleg na mũrimũ wa waru Y. (Disease resistance/tolerance: Resistant to PCN (G rostochiensis), late blight, blackleg and potato virus Y.); Mũtararĩko ũcio no ũhote kũhiũrania na mĩrimũ ya kũhĩa na mĩrimũ ya kũgwatwo nĩ virus. (This variety can withstand late blight and potato viral diseases.)

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ihĩĩ — uncircumcised boy; uninitiated youth

ihũa — flower; plant reproductive part; colorful bloom of plants that appears before fr

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tũhĩĩ — young children, infants. Young children, infants, babies. Very young human offsp

Mahiũ — Domestic animals

kĩhai — stone block; solid piece of rock or heavy mineral mass used for construction

kĩheo — gift; something given freely to another person as a present or offering