thingira
hut
calabash
a water container made of the dried shell of the calabash gourd
panga
an African tool, similar to a machete
kihii
an uncircumcised boy
irigu
uncircumcised girls
Tutikwenda Irigu
Literally: We do not want uncircumcised girls.
mwariki
castor oil plant
riika
age-set; a group of people having been circumcised in the same year
thahu
the Kikuyu principle of impurity
voluble
glib, full of rapid speech, talkative
labyrinth
a maze
extricating
removing something or someone from a situation
diffused
spread throughout, as light or scent
stupefying
something that is astonishing, astounding
remonstrate
plead with
tremulous
trembling, timid
corrugated
ridged, as a roof or paper
insatiable
incapable of being satisfied
coaxed
urged, wheedled
veneration
extreme admiration or reverence
