norĩo

pron.

1. it is that. It is that, that is what. A demonstrative copulative pronoun used to identify or confirm something, often in explanatory or emphatic contexts.

Example: Amu ndetigĩra ũndũ, norĩo ũkũngorerera, (For what I feared overtakes me;); Gwoka mwĩgerero, norĩo gũũkaga njono, ĩndĩ ũũgĩ wĩ na arĩa mateĩkĩrĩire. (When pride comes, disgrace comes;)