matawa
- lamps, lights. Lamps, lights. Devices that produce light, typically oil lamps or other forms of lighting used for illumination.
Example: Hĩndĩ ĩo airĩtu acio othe magĩũkĩra, magĩthondeka matawa mao. (Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.); Nĩ ũndũ arĩa akĩgu-rĩ, rĩrĩa moire matawa mao, matiigana gũkuua maguta: (The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them,)