tũhĩĩ

n. · class 13

young children, infants. Young children, infants, babies. Very young human offspring, typically those who have not yet reached the age of walking or early childhood; used to refer to the most vulnerable members of society.

Example: ’Menetwo nĩ kinya tũhĩĩ tũrĩa tũnini; (Even young children despise me;); Kwoguo thigari icio igĩkĩũraga arũme na atumia, tũhĩĩ na tũirĩĩtu, o na ngeenge. (There was a massacre of young and old, a killing of women and children, a slaughter of young women and infants.)

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