gũkuhĩ
- near, nearby. Near, nearby. An adverbial expression indicating proximity or closeness in space; often used with locative constructions to describe places that are close by.
Example: Na rĩrĩ, kũu Bethania kwarĩ gũkuhĩ na Jerusalemu, itĩĩna ta rĩa mairo igĩrĩ; (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles About two miles : literally, “about fifteen stades”; a stade was 607 feet. away.); mere mathiĩ, nĩguo makinye mĩgũnda-inĩ na mĩciĩ-inĩ ĩrĩa ĩĩ gũkuhĩ, makegũrĩre irio. (Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”)