nĩkũrĩ

v.

1. there is, there exists. There is; there exists. Copular or existential verb phrase indicating the presence or existence of something.

Example: MŨTHIMA wa betha nĩkũrĩ, (the feminine is used here. There is no consensus about the authorship of this poem; it may originally have been an independent composition incorporated into the Book of Job.); No rĩrĩ, thĩinĩ wa mũndũ nĩkũrĩ roho, (But there is a spirit in human beings, Jb 33:4.)