te

v.t. · class 2

1. to throw away, lose; te tũhũ waste; te ĩhinda waste time; te mũgũnda abandon a garden; te ĩkĩnya lose spoor; te andũ mislead people; te ĩratũ die; athĩĩre Maara agĩte nyina (he) went very early in the morning (when M. threw out his dead mother); mũgathi wa kuona ũteaga wa mwene a necklace found causes the one already in one's possession to be jettisoned; te mũtũmia desert a wife

Example: went very early in the morning