ruo

n. · class nduo / ma-, (VI

1. pain, ache; ruo rũa ngoro a heart pain, bitterness, woe; ruo rũa mwana parental concern for a child, pain of child-birth; gia ruo na ciake be miserly, churlish; karuo tũ- n. dim.

Example: "Rũĩ rwa Tana nĩ rũo rwa mbere harĩ ũraihu gũkũ bũrũri-inĩ wa Kenya." — River Tana is the longest river here in the country of Kenya.