nyambe

adv.

1. first, let me first. Used to request permission or express desire to do something first before another action; temporal priority marker

Example: Na mũrutwo ũngĩ wake akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, Mwathani, njĩtĩkĩria nyambe thiĩ ngathike awa. (MAT 8:21) — Another of [his] disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”