mũhũtu
- hungry. Hungry. Being in a state of hunger or need for food; experiencing lack of nourishment.
Example: Magetha ma cio, mũndũ ũrĩa mũhũtu nĩwe ũmarĩaga, (What they have reaped may the hungry eat up,); nĩ gũkorũo ndarĩ mũhũtu, na mũtihe irio: ndarĩ mũnyotu, na mũtihe gĩa kũnyua: (Jb 22:7; Jas 2:15–16. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,)