mataruaga
- uncircumcised. Uncircumcised. Describing people who have not undergone the ritual of circumcision, particularly referring to Gentiles in biblical contexts as opposed to Jews who practiced circumcision.
Example: (nĩ gũkorũo we ũrĩa wahotithirie Petero gũtuĩka mũtũmwo wa andũ acio maruaga, nowe wa’hotithirie o na niĩ nduĩke mũtũmwo wa andũ arĩa mataruaga); (for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to the circumcised worked also in me for the Gentiles,); Tondũ ũcio, mũndũ wa arĩa mataruaga angĩkorũo nĩamenyagĩrĩra maũndũ marĩa watho uugĩte-rĩ, githĩ ũhoro ũcio wake wa kwaga kũrua ndũngĩtuwo o ta ũrĩ ũhoro wa kũrua? (Again, if an uncircumcised man keeps the precepts of the law, will he not be considered circumcised? Gal 5:6.)