mathaga

n. · class 6

ornaments, jewelry, adornments. Ornaments. Decorative items worn for personal adornment; jewelry such as bracelets, necklaces, and other fine accessories used to beautify oneself.

Example: Mathaga maarĩo nĩmakuuĩĩtwo magathiio namo, (All her adornment has been taken away.); O na ningĩ ngĩkũgemia na mathaga mega, ngĩgwĩkĩra ituro moko, o na kĩrengeri ngingo. (I adorned you with jewelry, putting bracelets on your arms, a necklace about your neck, cf. Ez 23:40–42.)

Related words

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gathagi — state of being removed from a particular situation or position; something perche

gĩthagia — a scandent herb (Glycine javanica) (much prized as goat fodder)

ithaga — article of personal adornment, trinket

ithagi — piece of unsmelted iron-ore

mathagu — wings. Wings. The paired appendages of birds or other flying creatures used for

mũthage — levy by an age-set, initiation-set or generation-set on its own members in goats

thage — stems of dry grass of the kind used for thatching, also, by candidates for circu

thaga — to crush (in a mortar or with a grinding stone)