My Suggestions

ũma

v.i. · class 14

  1. to dry, harden; become hard, stiff, dry; wither, be parched. Idioms: ũma ngoro (be brave, hard-hearted), ũma tha (give up, despair), ũma ĩkũ (be a dare-devil)
  2. be bought for, be worth, cost, produce, yield; result in, from; be produced by
  3. (used as Immediate Past Tense of v. 'to be'); (used as aux. v. with adv. force) nearly; (used as prep. preceded by cl. 15a prefix) from; (in conjunction with no) must

Example: nũũwomaũma? = who did not flinch

Etymology: Root verb meaning to dry or harden. Extended metaphorically to emotional/behavioral hardening.

Related words

  • kiumia — Sunday; a week; thĩĩ kĩũmia = go to church on Sunday; kĩũmia kĩria kĩnyĩnyĩ = th
  • kĩũma — bead; kĩũma kĩa rĩĩtho = pupil, apple, of eye; cĩũma cĩa ĩtĩna = girl's bead wai
  • kĩũmũ — thenge kĩũmũ = he-goat with fore-quarters of lighter shade than rest of body (li
  • muumo — coming out, passing of youth; age-grade of those recently initiated into adult s
  • mũũma — hard-hearted, pitiless person (used in compound mũũma-ngoro); mũũma-tha = callou
  • mũũmi — person; individual who emerges or exits from a place, departing from an enclosed
  • ũmia — harden, make hard. Harden; make hard. To cause something to become hard or unyie