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thũmba

v.t. · class 1/2

  1. to sponge on, earn favour by working for someone or performing minor tasks (for example. in harvesting, receiving part of crop as wages); 2. seek; thũmba njũũkũ cia mũndũ = hunt for grounds of complaint against someone; thũmba ndĩĩro = be busy with other people's affairs

Related words

  • gĩthũmba — namesake; individual named after a maternal relative, also refers to someone who
  • gĩthũmbi — gleaner; impoverished person, often a woman, who works during harvest in exchang
  • thũmbĩ — feathery end of branch, topmost branch; 2. head-dress of ostrich feathers; lion'