Shamba, singular; ma-shamba, plural (Swahili): Cultivated field or garden, widely used by up-country Africans.
Ku-tahikia (Kikuyu), verb: To purify. Ku is the infinitive prefix common to all verbs.
Thabu (Kamba): A curse or afflicted by a curse—a condition which is the result of certain acts, analogous to some forms of tabu.
Thahu (Kikuyu): A curse or afflicted by a curse—a condition which is the result of certain acts, analogous to some forms of tabu.
Thengira (Kikuyu): Literally the goat hut. It is synonymous with the hut in which the unmarried men sleep.
Thomi (Kamba): Open meeting place outside every village.
Tatha (Kikuyu): The semi-digested vegetable matter which forms the contents of a sheep or goat. When an animal is sacrificed this is used as a purifying agent to remove evil. In Kamba language called muyo.
Uji (Swahili): Gruel—also widely used by East Africa Bantu tribes. Uji is usually made of maize or millet meal.
Uki (Kamba): Beer, especially mead, made from honey, but the word is used for all beer. [[309]]