ũmaraya

n. · class 14/6

1. prostitution, harlotry. Prostitution. The practice of engaging in sexual activity for payment; also used metaphorically in biblical contexts for spiritual unfaithfulness or idolatry.

Example: Ĩĩ, ti-itherũ, ndigakĩiguĩra ciana ciake tha, tondũ nĩ ciana cia ũmaraya; (Accuse your mother, accuse!); Ũmaraya-rĩ, na ndibei, gwata ndibei ya mũhihano cieheragia ũkuũku wa ngoro. (to prostitution.)