maruo
- pains, sufferings. Pains. Physical or emotional suffering; afflictions or distress experienced by someone.
Example: Rũrĩmĩ rũĩ na hinya wa gwathĩrĩra mwene muoyo o na gĩkuũ, nao arĩa marũenda no marĩage maciaro maruo. (Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who choose one shall eat its fruit.); na makarumaga Ngai wa Igũrũ nĩ ũndũ wa maruo marĩa mekũigua na nĩ ũndũ wa ironda ciao; na matiigana kwĩrira nĩ ũndũ wa ciĩko ciao. (and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their works. Ex 9:8–11 / Jer 5:3.)