rũambũ
- fatty covering. Fatty covering. The membrane or layer of fat that covers the internal organs of sacrificial animals, particularly mentioned in ritual contexts.
Example: Namo maguta marĩo mothe mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai amarute, namo nĩmo gĩthita, na rũambũ rũrĩa rũhumbagĩra nyama cia nda, (Lv 3:4. All of its fat shall be offered: the fatty tail, the fat that covers the inner organs, and all the fat that adheres to them,); na woe rũambũ ruothe, na habaya wa ini-inĩ, na higo cierĩ, o na ngurunyu ciacio, nacio icio ciothe ũcicinĩre kĩgongona-inĩ igũrũ. (All the fat that covers its inner organs, as well as the lobe of its liver and its two kidneys, together with the fat that is on them, you shall take and burn on the altar.)