mĩgoma

n. · class 4/4

1. female, she-animals. Female. Female animals, particularly used to distinguish female livestock (goats, sheep, etc.) from males in contexts of breeding, herding, or offerings.

Example: Na ũgĩage na iria rĩa mĩgoma rĩa gũkũigana irio, cianyu na andũ a gwaku, (And there will be ample goat’s milk for your food,); Inyuĩ andũ-a-nja a Jerusalemu-rĩ, nĩndamwĩhĩtithia na thiya, na mĩgoma ya thwariga cia werũ-inĩ, (Sg 3:5; 8:4. I adjure you, Daughters of Jerusalem, Cf. 3:5; 5:8; 8:4. By the gazelles and the does : perhaps a mitigated invocation of the divinity based on the assonance in Hebrew of the names of these animals with terms for God.)