mathĩna
- troubles, afflictions. Troubles. Difficulties, hardships, or distressing circumstances; afflictions or suffering experienced by a person or group.
Example: Rora mathĩna makwa o na ũrĩa nditũhĩirũo; (Look upon my affliction and suffering;); Ndoiga ũguo-rĩ, ngagĩĩtigĩra mathĩna maya ndĩ namo; (Then I am in dread of all my pains;)