mũtĩ
- tree; 2. piece of wood; shaft, handle; stick, post; -a mũtĩ wooden; mũtĩ wa mbere nĩũyũ (in a court case) the first point is this; cũũka mĩtĩ cast lots; mũtĩ-wa-mbũri (n.k.) something sacred, set apart, forbidden, an oracle; mĩtĩ ya ngingo necklace worn at Ĩtũĩka ceremonies; mũtĩ wa gũtũ conical lump of wood for stretching ear-lobes; mũtĩ wa Kenya a sturdy fellow; aakenĩre (ĩthanwa) rĩgĩkũa mũtĩ he rejoiced exceedingly (so much that the axe-handle broke); 3. (cl. 4) herbs, herbal medicine; mĩtĩ ya thũbũ an assortment of herbs put in soup to flavour and strengthen it; rũra ta mĩtĩ taste bitter, be extremely angry; kĩmũtĩ i- n. a huge tree; gĩtĩ i- n. stool, chair, seat; mũtĩ kĩa mũrũmbo see mũrũmbo; mũtĩ kĩa magũrũ traditional stool; mũtĩ kĩa ũnene throne; mwene mũtĩ chairman; kamũtĩ tũmĩtĩ n. a small tree, stick; gatĩ tũ- n. 2nd dim. 1. a tiny piece of stick; 2. a small chair; matĩ n. cl. 6 only wood, brushwood, undergrowth; wild plants (in the mass); rũtĩ ndĩ n. 1. woody plant (Buddleia salvifolia) (the long withies are used for making grain-stores); 2. rough plank stool used by women as birth-stool
Example: rĩgĩkũa mũtĩ he rejoiced exceedingly