"usiku" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-usiku.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|bnt-pro}} Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} usiku, {{sw-noun|u|-}} usiku (u class, no plural)
  1. night, nighttime (period between sunset and sunrise) Wikipedia link: sw:usiku Tags: class-11, class-12, class-14, no-plural Categories (topical): Times of day Derived forms: usiku kucha, usiku mwema (english: good night), usiku wa leo (english: tonight) Related terms: siku (english: day, nycthemeron) Coordinate_terms: mchana (english: day, daytime)

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