nathĩĩ
- base, bottom. Base. The lower or bottom part of something, such as the lower leaves of a plant, the bottom of a stem, or the subsoil layer.
Example: Hũthĩra mũtĩ kana mũrangi, mũrangi nĩ ũbataraga kwenjeruo ta 40cm-60cm nathĩĩ nĩguo kũnyitĩĩrĩra mũrangi ũcio (Done with wood or bamboo, for bamboo requires digging a hole about 40 to 60 cm deep at the base of the stem to install the prop.); Rora mathangu mwena wa nathĩĩ, honge na kũria kũhoro kana kwĩna dariri cia tũtambi kũbutha kana mũrimũ oo wothe (• Look at the lower leaves, stems and growing point for soft bodied insects, curled or capping of infested leaves, black sooty mould.); Iga tĩĩri wa igũrũ mwena wa ũmotho na wa nathĩĩ mwena wa ũrĩo. (Put the topsoil on the left side and the sub-soil on the right.)