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Mũthuri

n.

  1. old man; elderly male person, mature man who has reached advanced age and holds respected status within Gĩkũyũ social hierarchy

Example: "mũthuri, mũtumia na kana nĩo mathondekaga family" — A man, woman and children make up a family.

Related words

  • thurũ — (used adv.) just because of; merely for the sake of
  • ũthuri — smell of breath (when wind is broken)
  • gathuria — sweet-smelling herb (by some considered offensive)
  • mũthurũ — woman's long-tailed leather half-skirt
  • Gĩthũriũ — he-goat - black above and white below
  • athuri — elders, old men. Elders, old men. Elderly males; also community leaders or respe
  • gũthura — to select, choose. To select, to choose. To make a choice among alternatives, pa
  • mũthũra — green, unripe sorghum (formerly cooked and mashed up with green beans and spinac
  • thure — (n.k.) safari-ant
  • thurĩũ — species of shrike, Butcher-bird; 2. cow or goat, black on top and white below