matĩĩna
- steps, stages. Steps. Incremental units of movement or progression; used for steps on a stairway, stages of a journey, or degrees of measurement on a sundial.
Example: Nake Hezekia agĩcokia atĩrĩ, Kĩĩruru gũthiĩ na mbere matĩĩna ikũmi nĩ ũndũ mũhũthũ. Nĩ kaba kĩĩruru gĩcokio na thutha matĩĩna ikũmi. (“It is easy for the shadow to advance ten steps,” Hezekiah answered. “Rather, let it go back ten steps.”); Nacio ciana cia Isiraeli ikĩgwata rũgendo rũacio, o ta ũrĩa matĩĩna ma ng’endo ciacio maatariĩ, nacio ikiuma werũ-inĩ wa Sinai, o nginya itu rĩu rĩkĩrũgama werũ-inĩ wa Parani. (and the Israelites moved on from the wilderness of Sinai by stages, until the cloud came to rest in the wilderness of Paran.)