mahoya
- prayers. Prayers. Verbal supplications or petitions directed to God; acts of worship involving communication with the divine.
Example: Agakorũo etĩkĩrĩte mahoya ma ũrĩa ũtigĩtwo e mwagi, (Once the L ord has rebuilt Zion); Wee mũigua wa mahoya-rĩ, arĩa othe me mwĩrĩ magokaga o harĩ wee. (To you we owe our hymn of praise,)