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mũrĩa

n. · class 1/2

  1. one who eats; mũria na gatĩ ndoi mũria na kaara niahĩaga he who eats with a stick is not aware that he who eats with his fingers gets burnt; 2. freq. used in compounds: (a) mũria-goro one who holds out for a certain price, cheat, extortioner; see goro; (b) mũria-ĩrĩndi one who lives by sponging on others; see kĩrĩndi; (c) mũria-ĩmwe [muriemwe] salutation between friends who have shared kidneys at a meat-feast, one each; (d) mũria-ma deceiver, cheat, one who denies what he knows to be true, one who having taken an oath goes to the medicine-man and is immunized from its effects; see ma; (e) mũria-muuma one who is untrue to his oath, renegade, traitor; see muuma; (f) mũria-ng'ũũrũ one who strikes a hard bargain, extortioner, one who takes, claims, more than his due; see ng'ũũrũ; (g) mũria-thenge one who is untrue to an oath taken; see thenge; (h) mũria-ũhinga, -ũhingiritia (n.k.) one who obtains, tries to get, by deception; see ũhinga

Etymology: From rĩa (to eat). Mũ- prefix = person who performs the action. One who eats.

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