mũthoniwe
- father-in-law. Father-in-law. A male relative by marriage; the father of one's spouse.
Example: ningĩ aarĩ mũthoniwe wa Mũthĩnjĩri Ngai Ũrĩa Mũnene. (being the son-in-law of the high priest.); Nake mũthoniwe wa Musa akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, Ũndũ ũyũ ũreka ti mwega. (“What you are doing is not wise,” Moses’ father-in-law replied.)