Health & Hospital

1. Gũtũ

   Ear

   Usage

   A word to point at and name a body part or condition.

   Grammar Note

   Bible 44x; also Wiktionary and Benson 1964.

2. Iniũrũ

   Nose

   Usage

   A word to point at and name a body part or condition.

   Grammar Note

   Bible 12x; also Wiktionary and Benson 1964. Keep the tilde on ũ.

3. Ngingo

   Neck

   Usage

   A word to point at and name a body part or condition.

   Grammar Note

   Bible 85x; also Wiktionary and Benson 1964.

4. Kĩande

   Shoulder

   Usage

   A word to point at and name a body part or condition.

   Grammar Note

   Bible 16x; also Wiktionary and Benson 1964.

5. Ironda

   Wound

   Usage

   A word to point at and name a body part or condition.

   Grammar Note

   Bible 27x (skin wounds and sores). Not confirmed in the dictionaries; the Bible is the only source.

6. Kĩhuti

   Common cold

   Usage

   The word for the common cold.

   Grammar Note

   Wiktionary "cold (disease)"; Benson 1964 "common cold".

7. Ngwenda ndagĩtarĩ

   I want a doctor

   Usage

   To say you want a doctor.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words (the phrase itself is not attested). "ndagĩtarĩ" is doctor (Bible 7x; also Wiktionary; a loan). "ngwenda" is "I want".

8. Ndagũthaitha, ĩta ndagĩtarĩ

   Please call a doctor

   Usage

   To ask someone to call a doctor.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary-verified words (the phrase itself is not attested). "ndagũthaitha" is "I beg you" (Bible 60x). "ĩta" is the imperative "call", the same form as in the emergency calls such as "Ĩta borithi!".

9. Mathugumo

   Urine

   Usage

   A word to point at and name a body part or condition. No source confirms an everyday word for "pee", so this is the dictionary word for urine.

   Grammar Note

   A class 6 noun. Wiktionary gives "pee, urine"; the Bible has it twice (2 Kings 18:27 and Isaiah 36:12, "drink their own urine").

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