mĩkũrũ
- old, mature. Old; mature. Describing plants, especially trees, that have reached maturity or advanced age, often used to distinguish established crops from younger plantings.
Example: Mĩtĩ mĩkũrũ noicehagwo o thutha wa mĩaka ĩtatũ nĩguo kũgiria ĩnenehe mũno na honge ingĩ njerũ ciũre. (Mature plants can be cut back quite hard every three years to manage size and encourage lateral growth.); Rũcinĩkwambĩrĩria gũtheria ⁇ mĩgũnda-inĩĩrĩa mĩerũ na kũingĩra mĩgũnda-inĩĩrĩa mĩkũrũ mũthia nĩguo gwĩthema gũthamia inoculum kuuma mũgũnda-inĩũrĩa mũkũrũ nginya ũrĩa mwerũ (In the morning start clean – in the newer fields and access older fields last – to avoid moving the inoculum from the older crop to the youn); Nĩkwerũhagia mĩtĩ mĩkũrũ. (• Helps rejuvenate old mango trees)