tũmĩgate
- small cakes, wafers. Small cakes, wafers. Small, thin bread cakes or wafers, often unleavened and used in religious or ritual contexts; diminutive baked goods.
Example: Ningĩ hamwe na igongona rĩu rĩake rĩa ũiguano rĩkoniĩ gũcokia ngatho-rĩ, akĩrutanĩrie tũmĩgate tũimbie na kĩndũ kĩrĩa ekũruta kĩa igongona. (One shall present this offering together with loaves of leavened bread along with the thanksgiving communion sacrifice.); Na ũthiĩ ũkuuĩte mĩgate ikũmi, na tũmĩgate tũngĩ tũhũthũ, o na kĩhembe kĩa ũũkĩ, ũkinye harĩ we; nake nĩegũkwĩra ũrĩa ũhoro wa kaana gaka ũgũtaĩka. (Take along ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the child.”)