ũtukũ

n. · class 14/6

night, night-time, hours of darkness from sunset to dawn; ũtũkũ gatagati midnight; ũtũkũ mũũrũ, mũraya a bad, long, night; ũtũkũ mũkũhi, mũnyĩnyĩ a short night, with sound sleep; for names given to early hours of the night see under hwai; for early hours of the morning before dawn see under rĩcini; mũtũkũ n. cl. 6 only days, periods of day and night from dawn to dawn; ũtũkũ maya nowadays; tũũra ũtũkũ maĩngĩ live long; ũtũkũ atatũ, ana on the third, fourth, day from now; ndũkũ n. day

Example: "Ũmuthĩ hwainĩ nĩgugukorwo na ũrugarĩ na mweri mũcangararũ ũtukũ." — Today evening there will be temperature and a bright moon at night.

Related words

Ũtukũ gatagatĩ — midnight; time period marking the exact middle of the night when darkness is dee

gatũko — inherited likeness, family likeness, inherited qualities; gatũko gatithiragĩra h

mũtũkia — a form of yaws; 2. a local and limited infection of syphilis; gatũkia tũ- n. 1.

gĩtuki — head-dress worn by young men at dances and as part of war-dress, made of ostrich

gĩtũkũ — feathered head-dress worn at dances; mũtũmi wa gĩtũkũ maker of head-dresses

matukũ — days. Days. Plural form denoting multiple units of time measured from sunrise to

mĩtũkĩ — speed; na mĩtũki quickly

gũtuka — to call out unnecessarily; cry out, talk, loudly and aimlessly

tũka — to begin to ripen

tũkia — to resemble; take after a parent

tũkũ — descr. of the thud of a log thrown down, of he-goats butting horns together, and