mathiĩ
- to roll up. To roll up or curl. In agricultural contexts, refers to the rolling or curling of leaves, often as a symptom of disease or stress in plants.
Example: kũhũthĩra iruka iria njega gũteithagia gũciarwo kwa njaũ cia bata ikahota gũkorwo na umithio mũnene, ikahota gwĩtiria mĩrimũ, na maũthi ma bata marĩa magathiĩ kwĩ njiarwa. (Use of superior sires ensures that you get calves that are superior in production,resistant to diseases, and good genetic characteristics/traits that are required to be passed to the offspring); Mũrimũ ũcio wambĩrĩria na kũgĩa na mathangũ ma rangi wa ndathi na magathiĩ na igũrũ, na thutha-inĩ magathiĩ kũbutha na gũkua. (The disease begins with yellowing and upward rolling of leaflets which eventually wilt and die.); Thĩinĩ wa mĩrimũ ĩngĩ ya thutha-inĩ, Mũtĩ wothe nĩ ũhutagia mahũa mothe magathiĩ na thĩinĩ, na makĩria mũthingi-inĩ wa mũtĩ. (In secondary infections, the entire plant is affected all the leaves roll inwards, especially at the base of the plant.)