ninga

1. metal wire, wire worn on arm or leg; mũringa wagicoka wire armlet worn between elbow and shoulder or on wrist; mũringa wa thĩmũ telegraph wire; mũringa wa ngingo coiled wire ornament worn on the neck, collar-bone, see mũhaci; kĩringa i- n. mũringa kiambaki ornamental snuff-box; karinga tũ- n. little piece of iron wire; 2. thin iron wire; 3. small ornament; rũma mũringa bite an ornament (to invoke blessing on oneself or as precaution against evil consequences when someone has been counting possessions); rũma mũringa ũririkane bite your ornament and remember (said to someone who has forgotten something)