kũhutania

v.

1. to contact, touch. To contact, touch, or come into direct physical contact with something or someone. In agricultural contexts, refers to disease transmission through direct contact between animals or contact with contaminated materials.

Example: Irutaga wĩra na pyrethroid na njĩra ya kũhutania. (Mode of action: pyrethroid with contact and residual activity.); Mũrimũ ũyũ ũtambagio na njĩra ya ngũkũ kũhutania na kioro kana gĩko kĩngĩ kia kuuma mwĩrĩ wa ngũkũ kana nyoni iria ndwaru. (The disease is spread to chicken by direct contact with droppings or discharges from infected birds.); Ngũkũ irwaraga mũrimũ ũyũ kumana na kũhutania na irema cia ironda cia ngũkũ ĩrĩa ndwaru, kana kũgerera tũtambi tũrĩa tũnyuaga thakame ta rwagĩ. (Chicken are infected through contact with scabs from infected birds or through blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes.)