wick; fibrous cord or strip of cloth inserted into an oil lamp to draw up fuel for burning, essential component of traditional lighting in Gĩkũyũ homesteads
Related words
gatambi — insect pest. Insect pest. A small insect that damages crops by feeding on plant
mũtambũ — sticks laid end to end (by children, as a game, like dominoes)
tũtambĩ — insects, pests. Insects. Small invertebrate animals that damage crops or affect
gũtamba — to spread, to transmit. To spread, to transmit. The movement or transmission of
matamba — mental derangement; arĩngaga andũ othe itherũ tondũ e na matamba he jokes with e
mũtamba — vine, creeper, tendril, runner of sweet potato, honeysuckle, and similar things.
mũtambo — (of a hill) long slope; mũtambo wa rũũi course of a river (as seen from a distan
tamba — (of creepers, etc.) spread over surface of ground, fence, etc.; stretch out; (of
tambia — to spread, transmit. Spread; transmit. To cause a disease, pathogen, or contamin