tũthaku

n. · class 13/6

1. vestibules, porches. Vestibules, porches. Entrance structures or covered porches at the entrance of buildings, especially temples or gates; antechambers or entrance halls.

Example: Natuo tũthaku tũu twakĩrigicĩirie mĩena yothe twarĩ twa mĩkono mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ na ĩtano kũraiha, na tũkaarama mĩkono ĩtano. (The reference to vestibules all around is uncertain, and the may have arisen as a partial repetition of v. 29. The vestibules all around were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.); Natuo tũthaku tũu twang’etheire nja ĩrĩa ya nyumĩrĩra; nacio itingĩ ciakĩo ciagemetio igaacũhio mĩhianĩre ya mĩkĩndũ; nacio ngathĩ cia gũkinya kuo ciarĩ inyanya. (Its vestibule faced the outer court; palms decorated its posts, and its stairway had eight steps.)