kwĩrua

v.

1. to ripen. To ripen or become mature (of fruit). Refers to fruit reaching the stage of being ready to eat, particularly early or first-ripened fruits.

Example: Mwathani Jehova nĩ ũũ ningĩ aanyonirie: nĩ atĩrĩrĩ, nĩ gĩtiti kĩĩ na matunda marĩkĩtie kwĩrua. (This is what the Lord G od showed me: a basket of end-of-summer fruit. End-of-summer fruit…the end has come : the English translation attempts to capture the wordplay of the Hebrew. The Hebrew word for “fruit picked late in the season” is qayis , while the word for “end” is qes .); No rĩrĩ, ihingo ciaku ciothe cia hinya nĩigatuĩka o ta mĩkũyũ ĩrĩ ngũyũ iria ciambĩte kwĩrua; tondũ ĩngĩinainio, ikagũa o kanua-inĩ ka mũcirĩi. (But all your fortresses are fig trees,)