werũ-inĩ
- in the wilderness. In the wilderness or desert. Locative form of werũ (wilderness), indicating location in uninhabited or desolate areas.
Example: Nĩcinaga irĩma cia werũinĩ, na ĩkahoohia nyeki ta ĩcinĩĩtwo nĩ mwaki. (When mountain growth is scorched by heat, and flowering plains as by fire,); Maathiĩrĩire werũinĩ ũtaarĩ andũ na makĩamba hema ciao kũndũ gũtaarĩ njĩra. (They journeyed through the uninhabited desert,)