mariũko

n. · class 6

1. fords, river crossings. Fords. Shallow places in a river or stream where people can cross by wading; water crossings.

Example: igĩkĩnyiita rũgendo, igĩtuĩkanĩria kĩanda, ikĩnyiita ithima cia andũ a Isiraeli na mariũko maao. (So the Ammonites moved camp, together with five thousand Assyrians. They encamped in the valley and held the water supply and the springs of the Israelites.); Ningĩ mariũko nĩmegwatĩirũo, o nakuo ndĩa-inĩ kũrĩa kwĩ marura gũgacinwo na mwaki, nao andũ a ita magatuĩka nda. (The fords have been seized,)