mĩgate

n. · class 4

loaves, breads. Loaves, breads. Plural form referring to multiple pieces or loaves of baked bread.

Example: Na andũ arĩa maarĩire mĩgate ĩo nĩ arũme ngiri ithano. (Those who ate [of the loaves] were five thousand men.); nao makũgeithie, na makũhe mĩgate ĩĩrĩ, nawe ũmĩamũkĩre. (They will greet you and offer you two elevated offerings of bread, which you should accept from them.)

Related words

Ngatia / Mũrũthi — lion; large carnivorous cat, the lion, apex predator traditionally feared and re
gagata — to ferment; go sour; bad; get stale; 2. (of a banana) be half-ripe; sour to tast
kĩgata — pad in the shape of a ring used by a woman with a sore place on her back when ca
mũgate — bread; baked food made from flour and water, staple carbohydrate adopted into Gĩ
ngatũ — the joints of the jaws; 2. swelling of these joints; 3. swollen tonsils
gata — to make (a car; herd of cattle; goats) turn round
gatua — broad squat calabash (almost neckless used for beer)