mũthĩĩni
- poor person. Poor person. A person who lacks material wealth or resources; one living in poverty or indigence.
Example: Mũndũ mũthĩĩni wĩ na ũũgĩ, no etĩĩe na agĩikare gĩkundiinĩ kĩa arĩa anene? (The wisdom of the poor lifts their head high and sets them among princes.); Ndũkarege kũhe mũhooi e na thĩĩna, kana mũndũ mũthĩĩni ũmũhithe ũthiũ waku. (A beggar’s request do not reject; do not turn your face away from the poor.)