"usiku" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-usiku.flac Forms: usiku class XI [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{der|sw|bnt-pro}} Proto-Bantu [Term?] Head templates: {{sw-noun|u|-}} usiku class XI (no plural)
  1. night, nighttime (period between sunset and sunrise) Wikipedia link: sw:usiku Tags: 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)
    Sense id: en-usiku-sw-noun-F9618yRS Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header
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