mũthee

n. · class 1/2

elder; elderly male, elderly man deserving respect in traditional Gĩkũyũ age-grade system, from Swahili honorific usage

Example: "Mũthee Kĩhenjo, wandegenye, Kĩnyanya, Kĩengei na wandahuhu niathaki a mĩthako ya ngerekano." — Old man Kihenjo, the generous one, Kinyanya, Kiengei and the kind one are characters in folktales

Etymology: Swahili; Marked as Sw.

Related words

gĩtho — (n.k.) (repeated by someone listening to a tale after each pause) so!; 2. gwata
mũthai — large tree (Schefflera volkensii)
mũthũi — honey gatherer; traditional specialist who climbs trees and harvests wild honey
thai — (in prayers and supplications) mercy
thũi — whetstone; hard black stone used for sharpening grinding surfaces or as projecti
ũthiĩ — to go, going (verbal noun / infinitive form of -thiĩ)
mũthiĩ — a traveller, walker
mũthuo — warrior dance, preceding circumcision ceremonies
mũthĩ — day; period of daylight, twenty-four hour cycle or specifically the bright hours
mũthũ — fruit-eating mousebird
mũthũa — lame person; person who walks with an uneven gait due to injury, deformity, or i
rĩtho — eye. Eye. The organ of sight; in agricultural/veterinary context, used particula