mũtegenye

n. · class 1/2

1. herb (Cyathula polycephala) (stems and leaves densely clothed with hair); ndegenye n. fruit or seed-pod of the above which attaches itself as a burr to anything passing such as the hair of goats and sheep; mũtegenye ndĩĩgana guoko (used when selecting an animal to mark it for possible purchase) the burr is not the equivalent of the hand (a smack of the hand concludes a purchase)

Example: mũtegenye ndĩĩgana guoko