rima¹

v.t. · class 1 · make marks

to make marks on, decorate with curved lines; decorate someone by making patterns on his body with colours; rima mũndũ decorate someone's body by making patterns on it with paint, praise someone, call someone names vigorously

rĩma²

v.t. · cultivate dig

Etymology: Root verb for cultivation. The noun kĩrĩma (mountain/hill) may derive from cultivated hillside terraces.

mũrĩmi — farmer, cultivator; mũrimi tiwe mũrii see under mũrii; ũrimi morimi [moorimi] n.
ũrimũ — foolishness; stupidity; ignorance
ũrĩme — a cultivated area; ũrime wa mũndũ one person's cultivation
ũrĩmi — farming, agriculture
ũrĩmo — cultivation, ground to cultivate, room to make gardens; githaka gitari ũrimo an
karima — furrow, drill. Furrow, drill, small trench. A shallow trench made in soil for pl
mũrima — (n.k.) 1. side, slope; compare with. mũrimo; 2. (cl. 4) the first step up from t
mũrimau — memorial; object or structure created to preserve and honor the memory of a pers
mũrimia — mũrimia mbeca (mbia, ciringi) wage-earner, casual worker
mũrimũ — sickness, disease, illness; 2. mũrimu wa ciana, children's disease; 3. mũrimu wa
Kĩrĩma — Mountain / Hill